• Elon Musk has recently teased a lengthy tweet.
• One of the only social media sites that has character limits is Twitter.
• Twitter is also developing payment services and encrypted direct messages.

According to a tweet from the new owner Elon Musk, Twitter's character limit could increase from 280. The most wealthy person in the world and the new CEO of Twitter responded to a user on the microblogging service who asked for a greater character limit by saying that it was part of the company's strategy.

 According to slides Musk recently released on Twitter, Twitter is also looking to provide payment services and encrypted direct messages (DMs). The longform tweet feature that the CEO of the firm teased may or may not be included in the expanded character limit.

 Musk responded on Monday to a tweeter who urged him to raise the 1,000-character limit for tweets on Twitter from the current 280 characters. It's on the to-do list, replied Musk. Tweets on Twitter, which is referred to as a 'microblogging service,' were initially limited to 140 characters before being increased to 280 characters in 2017. 

The company's blog at the time claimed that 'many people Tweeted the maximum 280 limit because it was new and interesting, but shortly after behaviour normalised... We observed that people Tweeted more often and easily when they needed to utilise more than 140 characters. 

The service is one of the few that restricts user posts to no more than a few hundred characters. Users can upload posts with thousands of characters on rival Facebook. According to a Mashable report, Musk has expressed interest in expanding the character limit several times since he took control of the site. 

A Twitter user suggested to Musk on November 27 that the platform's word limit be raised from 280 to 420. 'Good idea,' Musk replied in his reply. Musk recently revealed a multi-colored verification system as yet another significant change to the platform. 

A user had before recommended to 'get away of character restrictions,' to which Musk had replied, “Absolutely.” The former 'Twitter Blue' service, which had to be discontinued days after its launch due to an increase in accounts mimicking well-known businesses and personalities while bearing the 'confirmed' checkmark, will be replaced with a new three-color verification check mark system. According to Musk, the introduction of the new Twitter Blue verification service is tentatively scheduled for December 2.