Twitter introduces “Notes” in its biggest change in 5 years: you can now write up to 2,500 words

Twitter this Thursday unveiled a new feature that will generate its 300 million users and post content that is longer than the established limits tweets. These extended posts are related in format to the articles, which They were called Notes. from the social network.

For a long time, Twitter messages were defined by 140 characters, but at the request of the community, the platform increased that limit to 280 in 2017. With Notes the limit is not changedbut an alternative to classic threads seems to share larger content with more personality.

According to the company, the new feature allows create articles up to 2,500 words. But, as we can see in the video below, it is also possible to add images, links and even apply different formatting options, such as italics or bold.

While not popular blogging, some features are similar to these, coupled with Twitter’s reach potential, might encourage many to write and do without continuing with. Longer. Currently, this platform is the easiest way to share long messages. Log in with your Twitter account to get started.

And if it comes to writing elaborate content, the social network also promotes the newsletter creation from the purchase and subsequent integration of Revue.

Once the user decides to generate a note can be posted in a tweet to share with followersbut it will not only be available for them, but also for anyone who does not have a Twitter account, as long as they have the link, which will allow the content to circulate even outside the platform.

So far, Twitter has only enabled this new feature in certain regions, starting with Canada, the US, Ghana, and the UK.

During the test phase, only some users of the countries mentioned will be able to create Notes, while everyone will be able to read them. As for a possible global deployment, there are no official dates yet.

The Twitter Sale: They recommend accepting Elon Musk’s offer

On the other hand, Twitter isn’t just about new technical improvements. The acquisition of Elon Musk and allegations that the platform is riddled with bots continue, while the board of directors Tuesday advised shareholders to vote “yes” to approve the acquisition for 44,000 million.

Twitter is now one step closer to approving the deal announced last April by the richest man in the world, as it revealed to the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC, for its acronym in English).

If the deal goes through, shareholders will receive $ 54.20 per share in the company, which is a significant premium compared to the $ 39.31 share price that Twitter was trading at before Musk began its phased acquisition. of society. Twitter announces a 9% first purchase in the company.

The tycoon said on Tuesday from Doha that there are still “unresolved issues” to consuming the Twitter purchase and said that this process will not cause problems for China, a large market for his company Tesla.

Since Tesla’s CEO and SpaceX deal with Twitter in April, Musk has accused the company of failing to honor its request for spam account data.

For its part, Twitter, which estimated that no more than 5% of its daily active users are bots, said it will continue sharing information with Musk and plans to enforce the merger agreement.

It is still possible that Musk will want to renegotiate with Twitter later, when his team has analyzed the data provided by the social network.

Twitter has the right to sue you to comply with this agreement.

Last week, in a meeting attended by more than 7,500 company employees, Musk answered questions about freedom of expression, moderation of online content, inclusion and diversity measures, remote working and possible layoffs.

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