> When replying to a Tweet, @names will no longer count toward the 140-character count. This will make having conversations on Twitter easier and more straightf

> When replying to a Tweet, @names will no longer count toward the 140-character count. This will make having conversations on Twitter easier and more straightforward, no more penny-pinching your words to ensure they reach the whole group. Hopefully this is just for replying to people mentioned in the original tweet, otherwise spam bots could have a field day with this. I'm guessing the people at Twitter already recognised this though.