&gt;  I&#x27;m 100% with you. Honestly, my &quot;prefect Twitter&quot; would be to keep the 140char limit, but to exclude @ mentions, photos, and links from the limit.<p>Right now, there&#x27;s a real benefit to having short Twitter handles, because they count less against the limit (longer ones really add up in Twitter conversations that involve multiple people).<p>I understand <i>why</i> usernames count towards the limit, but I wish they didn&#x27;t.