Soon, Twitteratis can scribble in 10,000 characters

An expansion of the limit to 10,000 characters would allow a tweet of more than 1,000 words with spaces between words and punctuation. For comparison, Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address was 272 words, and President John F. Kennedy’s inaugural speech was 1,366 words. 

The micro-blogging website may launch the service towards the end of the first quarter but has not set an official date, Re/ code said, citing sources familiar with the plans. They said the character limit could change before the final version of the product is unveiled. 

Jack Dorsey, the company’s co-founder, who returned as chief executive in October, said the company has seen more people sharing screenshots of text, which are a way to get around the 140-character limit. 

“We’re not going to be shy about building more utility and power into Twitter for people,” Dorsey wrote in a screenshot of text that was longer than 140 characters. “As long as it’s consistent with what people want to do, we’re going to explore it.”