The same limit also applied to private messages, i.e. tweets that you send only to a selected user and only they and you can see them. The 140 characters limit when tweeting with friends was quite restrictive and many users called for improvements. Twitter everyone nakonec complied with a limit for direct private messages today after the June announcement tooneremoved, so Twitter became a full-fledged chatservice without obstacles. The change concerns the Android application, iOS, OS X, TweetDeck and official website twitter.com.