The social media company that brought you Fleet they started Testing its takeover audio-0only chat rooms on Thursday. In a thread Announcing private beta tests, Twitter said a little a group of users could create spaces, as the function is now called, and invite any of their followers or other Twitter users to join.
At the first teasing of the function last month, Twitter said it would give priority to marginalized communities, ie groups that are more likely to be abused and harassed on its platform, while rolling access to spaces. With the creator of a Space that controls who joins and to whom is kicked or disabled, the hope is that it will allow more intimate discussions than Twitter character limits allow and cultivate atmosphere of “A well-hosted dinner.”
“The human voice can bring a layer of connectivity to Twitter through emotion, nuances and empathy, often lost in the text ”. company posted on Twitter. “WSee this with voice tweets and voice DMs. Sometimes 280 are not enough, and the voice gives people another way to join the conversation. Our new experiment brings people together to connect directly into an intimate and conversational space. “
Select uoperators can create a space by either sliding directly on the fleet creation screen or by pressing and holding the button cAmpose button in the lower right corner of the main screen. Twitter says it will launch on several hundred iOS devices users in the coming weeks. Additional features tested include live voice transcripts, the ability to share tweets in spaces and “hand gesture-like reactions”.
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Content mthe oderation seems to be major focuses on Spaces, which makes sense, given the rocky initiation of audio-based social networks. Clubhouse, a voice chat for guests only the room application, is still in the testing phase, granted, but has already made titles for several profiles moderation decreases, including harassment of a Reporter New York Times and accusations that anti-Semitism went unchecked on the platform.