The suggestion that Twitter could be increasing its character limit to 10,000 has divided opinion on the web.

The character limit, which has been 140 since the Twitter was founded, limits tweeters to submitting bite-size contributions, but the announcement of a potential change has proven controversial.

#Twitter10k sees thousands discuss potential changes

As America woke up to the news, the hashtag #Twitter10k saw 11,000 mentions in a single hour as users rushed to make their opinion heard.

It has since accumulated nearly 200,000 mentions on Twitter.