• The first user of the new live feature is author Matt Taibbi.
• Additionally, Elon Musk is 'purging a lot' of spam accounts.
• Since taking control of the company, Elon Musk has made a number of modifications to Twitter.

Elon Musk, the CEO of Twitter, launched the 'live tweeting' feature on Saturday, and it is fully operational on the network. With his mysterious tweet 'Thread: THE TWITTER FILES,' author Matt Taibbi becomes the first user to make use of this new capability. 

Musk posted 'Here we go!!' on Twitter along with popcorn emoticons. We're double-checking certain details, so we'll probably start live tweeting in about 40 minutes, he wrote in an earlier tweet. The initial tweet from Griftopia's writer, 'Thread: THE TWITTER FILES,' was followed by the statement, 'What you're about to read is the first in a series, based upon hundreds of internal papers stolen by sources at Twitter.'

He continued, 'The 'Twitter Files' tell a remarkable tale from within one of the biggest and most powerful social media networks in the world. A human-made device that grew beyond the control of its creator, in a scenario reminiscent of Frankenstein. The new head of Twitter is also 'purging a lot' of accounts that are spam or scams.

Musk announced the word limit modification to the public on Thursday via his Twitter account. 'You may notice your following count dip,' he tweeted, 'since Twitter is now cleaning a lot of spam/scam accounts.' Musk also intends to increase Twitter's character count from 280 to 1000. A social media user recently tweeted, 'Idea on explanding character limit to 1000,' tagging Musk in the tweet. It's on the to-do list, Musk replied in his response. 

The character restriction has been one of the key distinctions between Twitter and other social networking platforms. 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 concept,' Musk replied in his reply. Another person had recommended earlier to 'get away of character limits.' The multi-billionaire answered, 'Absolutely.' Now, the question is when Musk will actually change the character limit.