Twitter begins testing its dinner-style voice chat rooms

The social media company that brought you the Fleet has begun test its take on audio-0nly chat rooms Thursday. In a thread announcing private beta testing, Twitter said small A group of users could create spaces, as the feature is now called, and invite one of their followers or other Twitter users to join.

During the feature’s first tease last month, Twitter said it would prioritize marginalized communities – that is, groups that are more likely to be victims of abuse and harassment on their platform, how it rolls on access to spaces. With the creator of a space in control of who joins and who gets kicked or muted, the hope is that this will allow for more intimate discussions than twitter character limits allow 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 often lost in the text ”. the company tweeted. “WWe see this with voice tweets and voice DMss. Sometimes 280 is not enough and the voice gives people another way to participate in the conversation. Our new experience brings people together to connect directly in an intimate and conversational space. “

Select uplayers can create space by swiping right on the fleet creation screen or by holding down the key vsObutton is placed 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 voice transcriptions, possibility to share tweets in Spaces and “reactions similar to hand gestures”.

Content moderation seems to be a focus of Spaces, which makes sense given the difficult start of audio-based social media. Clubhouse, an invitation-only voice chat room app, is still in its testing phase, okay, but has already made headlines for several moderation failures, including the harassment of a New York Times reporter and accusations that anti-semitism went unchecked on the platform.