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get ready for meteor tweets twitter is known for its short posts because each tweet is limited to 140 characters but now the network is making exceptions to the rule Twitter announced that in the coming months several things will no longer count toward the 140 character limit if you reply to a tweet user names will not eat up your character count and neither will links to media attachments so you can go give happy without holding back what you want to say quoted tweets or retweets also will not be counted twitter is making these changes to be more welcoming to new users because let's be honest there's a bit of a learning curve to using Twitter in fact there's another change that Twitter's making that will really help make things simpler for newbies if you start your tweet by mentioning someone's name with an app sign it will now be seen by all of your followers finally this rule was so ridiculous people were putting periods in front of at signs just to start a tweet with someone's name and have it be seen but don't forget you still have to follow the old ways for now the changes will take a few months to roll out they say brevity is the soul of wit but at least your wit will have a little bit more breathing room now I'm Bridget Carey you can keep up with the hottest tech news at cnet com / update