Twitter Launches Initial Test of Audio Chats Within Communities
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- 19 Oct 2022
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Twitter’s looking to further enhance smaller community engagement in the app, with the launch of a new test that will enable Communities admins to create dedicated audio Spaces within their groups.
As you can see in this example, now, some Community admins on Twitter will be able to launch audio chats, which will only be visible within the group.
As explained by Twitter:
“With this experiment, a group of admins and moderators in the US will receive access to create live Spaces within their Twitter Communities. Audio in Communities adds an extra layer of personality and connectivity beyond 280 characters; by initiating live audio conversations specific to a Community and topic, Community admins will be able to better lead their Communities, engage their members, and participate in quality conversations with others who share the same interests.”
When a Space is launched within a Community that you’re a member of, it‘ll be highlighted in the Space bar at the top of your home timeline, giving all group members an opportunity to listen in. Users visiting a community will also be able to see and join a Space started in that group, but only members of the host community will be able to reply and engage in the Space.
It’s somewhat similar to Reddit’s Reddit Talks audio chat option, which sees audio chats hosted within Reddit communities, and Facebook’s Community Audio Channels. Facebook, of course, has largely abandoned its broader social audio push, which had been sparked by the sudden rise of Clubhouse, and overall, enthusiasm for audio engagement options has died down, though there may still be niche use cases for chat tools like this. Read More…
