TWITTER EXPANDS DISPLAY NAME TO 50 CHARACTERS

The micro blogging site, Twitter has roll-out another new update that let users to expand their display names up to 50 characters long, up from 20 including emojis. This update comes few days after the company expanded its 140-character tweet limit to 280-character tweet limit for everyone. 

The new update comes as a relief to many users who have bigger names or want to add a certain flourishes to their names.

On November 7, Twitter finally rolled out a 280 character limit for all users. The social networking website was both appreciated and mocked for these new updates.

Announcing the change late Thursday, the platform said,
"Starting today, your Twitter display name can be up to 50 characters in length! Go ahead, add that middle name or even a few more emojis."

Starting today, your Twitter display name can be up to 50 characters in length! Go ahead, add that middle name or even a few more emojis. https://t.co/QBxx9Hnn1j

— Twitter Support (@TwitterSupport) November 10, 2017

While you are also free to change your username -- the handle beginning with "@" that other people use to mention you -- the limit there remains at 15 characters.