The social media company that brought you the Fleet began to test his look audio chat rooms only on Thursday. In a thread Twitter said one small group of users could create Spaces, as the feature is now called, and invite one of their followers or other Twitter users to join.
When Twitter first teased the feature last month, it said it would prioritize marginalized communities, also known as groups more likely to be the victim of abuse and harassment on its platform, while it rolls access to Spaces. With the creator of a Space who determines who joins and who is kicked or muffled, the hope is that it will allow for more intimate discussions than that of Twitter allow character limits and cultivate the atmosphere of “A well-organized dinner.”
“The human voice can bring a layer of connectivity to Twitter through the emotion, nuance and empathy that is often lost in text, “ Company tweeted. “W.We see this with voice tweets and voice DMs. Sometimes 280 is not enough and the voice gives people another way to engage in the conversation. Our new experiment brings people together to make direct contact in an intimate, friendly space. “
Select users can create a space by either swiping right on the fleet creation screen or by the cOmpose button in the lower right corner of the main screen. Twitter says it will roll out to a few hundred iOS users over the next few weeks. Additional features being tested include live speech can share transcripts, tweets in Spaces and ‘responses similar to hand gestures’
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Content moderation seems to be an important point focus of Spaces, which makes sense given the rocky start to audio-based social networking. Clubhouse, a voice chat available by invitation only room app, is still in the testing phase, granted, but has already made headlines for several high-profile moderation is canceled, including harassing a Reporter for the New York Times and allegations that anti-Semitism went unchecked on the platform.