Report: Twitter Won't Count Links, Photos in 140-Character Limit Twitter has been on feature-adding spree lately as it tries to attract new users.

By Roberto Baldwin

This story originally appeared on Engadget

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According to Bloomberg, Twitter is prepping an update to its service that will keep photos and links from counting against the 140-character limit of a post. Currently the URL that points to images and sites counts against the space available in tweets.

The new feature is expected to launch within two weeks according to Bloomberg's anonymous source. Part of the attraction of Twitter is that it limits the amount of information shared in each post. An early version of the service relied on SMS so limiting the characters to 140 was more of a technical issue than anything else.

But, long-time users have asked that links, photos and usernames not count against the character limit. It looks like at least two of those items will no longer suck up valuable tweet real estate.

Twitter has been on feature-adding spree lately as it tries to attract new users. But it has stopped short of creating a purely algorithmic timeline like that found on Facebook. Instead, it's enhanced DMs and surfaced what it believes are the important tweets to the top of users' feeds.

We have reached out to Twitter about this upcoming feature and will update this article when it replies.

Roberto Baldwin is a senior editor at Engadget. When not reporting about technology and cats, Roberto spends his time surfing, snowboarding, playing in too many bands, and trying to figure out where he left his MagSafe 2 adaptor. 

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