Twitter set to test 10,000 character supertweets

Twitter is working on a product that will allow users to share content longer than 140 characters. The new service would allow the firm to compete with Facebook's revamped notes features and blogging sites like Medium. The company is targeting a launch date toward the end of Q1, according to multiple sources familiar with the company’s plans, Re/Code said. Twitter is currently testing a version of the product in which tweets appear the same way they do now, displaying just 140 characters, with some kind of call to action that there is more content you can’t see,' the site says.
'Clicking on the tweets would then expand them to reveal more content.
'The point of this is to keep the same look and feel for your timeline, although this design is not necessarily final, sources say.'
CEO and co-founder Jack Dorsey is spearheading the project, code-named '140 Plus,' according to a previous report in the Wall Street Journal. It is looking at different ways users can extend its signature 140-character limit, according to people familiar with the matter, the DailyMail reports.
The company's executives are also discussing changes to how the 140-character limit is measured, such as excluding links and user handles from the count, Re/code reported, citing people familiar with the matter.