Re/code team says, “In the spirit of Black Friday, I’m sending along my holiday wish list to Twitter. I’d like a better search feature, please. And the Direct Messages tool could use a facelift, too.

But if there’s room for just one gift this year, I know what’s at the top of my list: Changing the 140-character limit.

Since Twitter’s founding in 2006, all tweets have been constrained to 140 characters. It made sense in the early days. Users initially received tweets as an SMS (text message) which had a 160-character limit. No one wanted to receive three or four texts to read a tweet on their phone.

This restriction worked when Twitter started; tweets were text only. Now, I rarely find a tweet in my stream that doesn’t include some kind of visual attachment — a photo or video — or a link to a Web story. The service has evolved, and I hope the tweet restrictions evolve with it”.

Here’s a Nice Holiday Gift Idea: Change Twitter’s 140-Character Limit

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