Say more about what's happening! Rolling out now: photos, videos, GIFs, polls, and Quote Tweets no longer count toward your 140 characters. pic.twitter.com/I9pUC0NdZC— Twitter (@twitter) September 19, 2016
Twitter is relaxing the rules on what counts towards the 140 characters. Specifically, content like photos, GIFs, polls and Quote Tweets no longer count in your 140 characters budget. Note though that Non-Twitter URLs still count.
