Twitter Spaces tries to get out of the “beta” phase of experimentation and extends the service of live audio conversations to all accounts with at least 600 followers. Meanwhile, he works on the possibility for creators to charge a ticket for the “rooms” they care about most, paying a small commission to Twitter. These are some of the news on the audio only service announced today by the chirping platform created by Jack Dorsey, who in December 2020 inaugurated the first rooms on the Clubhouse model, the social audio app reserved for those who own an iPhone or an iPad. Spaces, on the other hand, has opened the world of social audio also to Android users, thus increasing the audience of “listeners”.
And just in recent weeks, the Sole 24 Ore with his Twitter profile it was among the first Italian newspapers to land on Spaces with spaces for in-depth analysis with journalists and conversations with the community of readers.
Experimentation
So far only a few accounts per country and only with a large number of followers had the possibility to create Spaces on Twitter, engaging users in live conversations. Now, with the opening to other profiles, the platform continues in the testing phase, continuing to collect feedback from users before extending the service to all subscribers. And he studies new features – created, says Twitter, precisely based on the requests of those who have used Spaces so far – such as paid spaces, but also the possibility of communicating laughter with an emoij.
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Spazi for payment, reminder and co-hosting
Among the new arrivals are the aforementioned Ticketed Spaces, or paid spaces, which will be tested in the coming months on a small group of users. Hosts, Twitter explains, will be able to set ticket prices to join conversations and decide how many are available for sale.
They will earn most of the revenue from ticket sales, while Twitter will retain a small commission. You can then schedule Spaces and set reminders for upcoming conversations. The co-hosting function will be activated, to manage conversations together with others, and subtitles will be improved. Finally, the possibility of joining a conversation by touching the purple bubble that is created on your timeline around the profile photo of a user who is live at that moment is being tested.