function textCounter() {
	var field = document.getElementById('tweetbox');
	var charcount = 140 - field.value.length;
	if (document.getElementById('hashtag').value ==	"none") {
		var selecount = 0;
	} else {
		var selecount = document.getElementById('hashtag').value.length +2;
	}
	charcount -= selecount;
	document.getElementById('character-count').innerHTML = 'characters remaining: ' + charcount;
}
function reply(tweeter) {
	document.getElementById('tweetbox').focus();
	document.getElementById('tweetbox').innerHTML = "@"+tweeter+" ";
	textCounter();
}
function retweet(tweeter, content) {
	document.getElementById('tweetbox').focus();
	document.getElementById('tweetbox').innerHTML = "RT @"+tweeter+" "+content;
	textCounter();
}