The social media website Twitter has announced major updates to its service. Some changes will make it easier to add words and images to a tweet. Other changes will affect how tweets can be sent and who will see them. Twitter permits only 140 characters in a tweet, including letters, numbers, web addresses, images, spaces, and #hashtags. The limit on characters can make it difficult to say something meaningful. The company is changing the way that characters are counted. Twitter will no longer count the following as characters in tweets: Web addresses, photos, GIFs, polls, quote tweets, twitter IDs in replies. So when these are used in a tweet, they will not be counted against the 140-character limit. This is great news for those who want to have more space to share their thoughts on Twitter. Web addresses, also known as URLs, will no longer be included in the character count.
Title: Changes to Twitter Let You Say More in a Tweet
Content: <div id='article-page'><div id='article-content' data-media-url='//news-app-staging.s3.amazonaws.com' data-base-url='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1110/twit_audio.m4a' data-capture-url='//staging.analytics.lingraphica.com/events/capture_news' data-article-title='Changes to Twitter Let You Say More in a Tweet' data-article-id='1597'><script src='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/javascripts/getscripts.js'></script><link rel='stylesheet' href='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/stylesheets/article.css' type='text/css' /><div class='article'><p><span data-start-time='0' data-end-time='7021'>The social media website Twitter has announced major updates to its service.</span> <span data-start-time='7021' data-end-time='13750'>Some changes will make it easier to add words and images to a tweet.</span> <span data-start-time='13750' data-end-time='20167'>Other changes will affect how tweets can be sent and who will see them.</span> <span data-start-time='20167' data-end-time='34313'>Twitter permits only 140 characters in a tweet, including letters, numbers, web addresses, images, spaces, and #hashtags.</span> <span data-start-time='34313' data-end-time='41125'>The limit on characters can make it difficult to say something meaningful.</span> <span data-start-time='41125' data-end-time='46500'>The company is changing the way that characters are counted.</span> <span data-start-time='46500' data-end-time='63354'>Twitter will no longer count the following as characters in tweets: Web addresses, photos, GIFs, polls, quote tweets, twitter IDs in replies.</span> <span data-start-time='63354' data-end-time='71792'>So when these are used in a tweet, they will not be counted against the 140-character limit.</span> <span data-start-time='71792' data-end-time='80229'>This is great news for those who want to have more space to share their thoughts on Twitter.</span> <span data-start-time='80229' data-end-time='87938'>Web addresses, also known as URLs, will no longer be included in the character count.</span> </p></div><div class='control-buttons-sticky' style='display:none;'><div class='control-buttons'><button title='Back' class='back' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Play' class='play' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Pause' class='pause' style='display:none;'></button><button title='Forward' class='forward' disabled='disabled'></button><button class='finished-reading' style='display:none;'>Done</button></div></div></div><div id='article-media'><div id='media-image'><img src='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1110/twit_img.jpg'/></div></div><div id='question-content' style='display:none;'><div class='vocabulary_question question-container' data-question-id=6367 data-hint-location='80229' style='display:none;'><div class='question' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1110/what_does_character_mean.m4a'>What does character mean?</div><div class='choices' data-correct-choice='a symbol that is used in writing'><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1110/a_graphic_image.m4a'><span>a graphic image</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1110/a_symbol_that_is_used_in_writing.m4a'><span>a symbol that is used in writing</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1110/an_internet_address_of_a_website.m4a'><span>an internet address of a website</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1110/hash_or_pound_sign.m4a'><span>hash or pound sign</span></div></div></div><div class='multiple_choice_question question-container' data-question-id=6368 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class='question' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1110/twitter_is_changing_the_way_that__blank__are_counted.m4a'>Twitter is changing the way that <span class='blank'>characters</span> are counted.</div><div class='choices' data-correct-choice='characters'><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1110/likes.m4a'><span>likes</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1110/followers.m4a'><span>followers</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1110/users.m4a'><span>users</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1110/characters.m4a'><span>characters</span></div></div></div><div class='question-buttons'><button class='skip-button'></button><button class='hint-button'></button><button 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