Arts+Culture / NewsChirpsing is about to get a lot easier on TwitterYou can finally send sonnets to your Twitter crushesShareLink copied ✔️June 12, 2015Arts+CultureNewsText Helena Horton Isn’t it the worst when you're trying to rant to a Twitter friend via DM, and that damn character limit keeps stunting your flow? The worst. Ditto when you're sending really, really long sonnets to your Twitter crush and the limit means you have to send them in fragments like some kind of experimental poetry garbage. For those with DM word vomit tendencies however, a solution is in sight. Twitter announced last night on its developer forum that the 140 character limit on DMs will be lifted, from July. GTFO! Does this mean you can tweet massive essays? No. The Twitter news feed is all about witty one liners, #sosadtoday outpourings and, occasionally, news. And it’s staying that way. We don't need a limit in private messages, however. Well, we never did for MSN messenger, did we? (RIP) This comes after news that users can choose to make their Direct Messages inbox open to a n y o n e, not just people they follow. Mine are open, by the way. Just saying. Escape the algorithm! Get The DropEmail address SIGN UP Get must-see stories direct to your inbox every weekday. Privacy policy Thank you. You have been subscribed Privacy policy Expand your creative community and connect with 15,000 creatives from around the world.TrendingThings To Come: Porn saves the world in Maja Malou Lyse’s ‘bimbo sci-fi’The Danish artist’s new show premieres at the 2026 Venice Biennale – here, she discusses her fictional future where ‘porn stars rule the world’ and how it reflects our relationship with images todayArt & PhotographyArt & PhotographyInside Studio Iron, Isamaya Ffrench’s new dystopian dreamworldFashionNipples, nachos and mask4mask: The biggest trends at the Met Gala 2026 BeautyNude awakening: Meet the young people embracing naturismBeautyHoroscopes May 2026: It’s a money month, so expect a surprise windfallBeautyWho would we be attracted to if we didn’t know what we looked like? Art & PhotographyWalter Pfeiffer, the cult photographer of beauty, sex and outsidersLife & Culture‘It’s pretty brutal’: Why UK landlords have been rushing to evict renters PolaroidArt & PhotographyThree Dazed Clubbers on documenting a complete digital detoxEscape the algorithm! Get The DropEmail address SIGN UP Get must-see stories direct to your inbox every weekday. Privacy policy Thank you. You have been subscribed Privacy policy