aye we’re live! what up y’all, we're the team behind Spaces––a small experiment focused on the intimacy of the human voice?

— Spaces (@TwitterSpaces) December 17, 2020

I really like how Twitter tries things that are ... kinda weird? ... Like a lot doesn’t work but they are so much more willing to test out things in furtherance of making the platform a nicer place to be. https://t.co/CvWJ3Yv5jJ

— Brandy Zadrozny (@BrandyZadrozny) December 17, 2020

Actually really excited about this. https://t.co/rYearfevRx

— Lee Edwards (@terronk) December 17, 2020

Hello Clubhouse 2.0 ... https://t.co/RmKYE2djc1

— Kirstine Stewart?? (@kirstinestewart) December 17, 2020

"In the heat of the moment, people can forget there's another human behind a Twitter account. By showing what we have in common, we hope to remind people of what connects us as a starting point." ? https://t.co/axs3SSFTCt

— Twitter Comms (@TwitterComms) December 17, 2020

Looking forward to Twitter reminding me that both @marcorubio and I spent 2016 calling Donald Trump a hellacious con man. https://t.co/mNj0h9l3KO

— LOLGOP (@LOLGOP) December 17, 2020

We also know that humor ranges, so we'll show you a lot of different Tweets starting out. Let us know what you like by liking/RTing the ones you enjoy, and selecting Not Interested on Tweets you don’t. We’ll then show you more Tweets that match what you like.

— Isabella Turchetta (@isabellaturch) December 16, 2020

Remember how Twitter did Meerkat when it went into the live video streaming space? Any chance it’ll happen to Clubhouse?https://t.co/gTp9EN2KEM

— Ken Yeung (@thekenyeung) December 17, 2020

Twitter product team hitting send on all of their product features on the last week before Xmas
• Spaces, Clubhouse competitor
• Special accounts for bots
• Memorial accounts
• Funny tweets topic takes into account your sense of humor
???https://t.co/C32s2kUYAt

— Dare Obasanjo (@Carnage4Life) December 17, 2020

I'll use it too since I can't get on Clubhouse. https://t.co/128f2MWKoP

— Honeyves (@AdamantxYves) December 17, 2020

Twitter says that under its new verification policy it may "remove verification from accounts that are found to be in severe or repeated violation of the Twitter Rules..." https://t.co/KAVo1kOfKa pic.twitter.com/G9DmblMVcG

— Oliver Darcy (@oliverdarcy) December 17, 2020

I wonder if Twitter's AI predicted that I would find it funny that a company that can't tell who's a Nazi or a pornbot claims to have solved humor https://t.co/a7ml8PXz00

— Will Oremus (@WillOremus) December 17, 2020

our new experiment brings people together to connect directly in an intimate, conversational Space.

we imagine the best Spaces to feel like a well hosted dinner party. y’all rolling your eyes, we know. but stay with us!

— Spaces (@TwitterSpaces) December 17, 2020

Twitter never implements the ideas their users request (for reasons I am sure “good”)—and then the company is always surprised when their experiments don’t pan out in the way their execs expect them to. A joke if I have ever known one. https://t.co/OrmGiMVD3U

— Evette Dionne (@freeblackgirl) December 17, 2020

“But I don’t understand. How did Twitter suddenly start boosting racist shitposters?”
“Uh, well —“ https://t.co/GAFKDZDkpz

— David Hines (@hradzka) December 17, 2020

Whoever is leading product at Twitter now is making sure they ship https://t.co/rFmLVQ9DeR

— Josh ???? (@JoshuaOgundu) December 17, 2020

Twitters push to remove nazis and people who threaten violence continues with the same speed it always has. https://t.co/pEYsPsno3r

— Barry Dorrans (@blowdart) December 17, 2020

Ah yes, the feature that we hoped would make people more thoughtful about when they retweet things caused people to retweet fewer things. Whoops! https://t.co/nsEZgAQ1JE

— apenwarr (@apenwarr) December 17, 2020

Screenshots of funny Tweets are shared online all the time, and when people come to Twitter to get in on the fun, these Tweets should be easy for them to find. So, we launched Funny Tweets so you can catch the highlights of what people are laughing at.

— Isabella Turchetta (@isabellaturch) December 16, 2020

Or you could leave me alone https://t.co/rEKByNEyMs

— I got your #Unity right here (@jtLOL) December 18, 2020

Twitter, again, attempting to absorb a synchronous feature into their asynchronous network (echoes of Meerkat vs. Periscope). I wonder if Clubhouse's silent pivot to scheduled engagement will change the outcome (it's basically an audio-only Hopin today, more than a network). https://t.co/DHcdZxEcK2

— Sameer Singh (@sameer_singh17) December 18, 2020

I love the things in common prompt in the screenshot below.

I imagine one day I'll get a prompt and it'll say "You and Maria both follow elephant accounts."

or "You and Josh both follow Liam Hemsworth and Sean Cody." https://t.co/hTmpMLSZyn

— Yashar Ali ? (@yashar) December 17, 2020

Our goal with prompting QTs (instead of Retweets) was to encourage more thoughtful amplification. We don’t believe that this happened, in practice. The use of Quote Tweets increased, but 45% of them included single-word affirmations and 70% had less than 25 characters. (2/4)

— Twitter Support (@TwitterSupport) December 16, 2020

Love this idea - makes all of us a little more human... maybe even the trolls and bots too ? https://t.co/Zcj7JvMXEt

— Jo Ling Kent (@jolingkent) December 17, 2020

if they don't remove @realDonaldTrump's blue check-mark, then this policy is 100% b.s. https://t.co/uovCagAok8

— Kurt Bardella (@kurtbardella) December 17, 2020

Twitter is trying to reduce toxic replies by showing your mutuals & shared topics.

I don’t see how shared topics helps (we both like memes, so what?) but interesting if having mutual follows or followers makes a difference. Lots of bold experiments now.https://t.co/DxqjnHMeIm pic.twitter.com/nnpzp9Y7Dt

— Dare Obasanjo (@Carnage4Life) December 18, 2020

This... is actually kind of an interesting experiment? https://t.co/ULyKlxNGmN

— Jack Morse (@jmorse_) December 17, 2020

Are you seriously putting the burden for notoriety on Wikipedia? A for profit company relying on a non profit encyclopedia who doesn’t want your spam?
Oh, and it’s not we don’t know that women or other minorities are well represented in Wikipedia articles https://t.co/CXdfimCBTk

— Maya Kaczorowski (@MayaKaczorowski) December 17, 2020

Yes! Facebook should be doing this as well.

By helping people recognize their simarities, we can build empathy & shared connection, even when we might disagree.

This won't stop asshole trolls but helps more of us stay human & kind online https://t.co/iw7q33jJrk

— ??‍?☕️ (@hunterwalk) December 18, 2020

I am going to use this shamelessly all winter break. https://t.co/2cNAo32CYM

— ❄Mikki Kendall❄ (@Karnythia) December 17, 2020

other features we’re testing:
- reactions similar to hand gestures
- a very early version of live transcriptions
- reporting & blocking
- sharing Tweets in spaces

— Spaces (@TwitterSpaces) December 17, 2020

I can see Spaces becoming an app feature like Periscope. Twitter already has voice notes so this isn’t a stretch. I’m really excited for this. I wouldn’t be surprised if Facebook releases a clone of this. https://t.co/XXAPY1MO2p

— Himbo Depot (@db) December 17, 2020

Twitter’s version of Clubhouse is on its way https://t.co/PHwyGdUYDH

— ??????? ???? (@exavierpope) December 17, 2020

starting today, we're rolling out an early beta of a new conversational space that lets people talk together (live, with their voice!) on Twitter. only a small group can *start* a space for now (anybody can join), but we'll expand the group of folks who can use this over time. https://t.co/xKrx00LDok

— Kayvon Beykpour (@kayvz) December 17, 2020

Sooo good. I was in @TwitterSpaces earlier tonight. The audio quality was tight. Can’t wait to see how it evolves. https://t.co/R8mdHbfblc

— Richard Ting (@flytip) December 18, 2020

Thank you for sharing feedback on our verification policy. You helped shape the version that we’re sharing today.

Check out the specifics of the new policy and how you can apply for verification next year: https://t.co/It0z9R6mur https://t.co/LNgaeURDCM pic.twitter.com/dmFXJ02kU6

— Twitter Support (@TwitterSupport) December 17, 2020

I thought y’all were doing a bit when you kept talking about “humanization prompts” https://t.co/8gcRX8SKTX

— Edward Ongweso Jr (@bigblackjacobin) December 18, 2020

Good news for me and my hilarious tweets https://t.co/cHMm6TdMDj

— Steve Kovach (@stevekovach) December 17, 2020

Thanks for your feedback on verification.

We’re sharing our new policy, information about how to apply for verification in 2021, and other ways we’re working to help people understand who they’re talking with on Twitter.

Learn more: https://t.co/jUXCmjiyH3 pic.twitter.com/5kuXOkOjKm

— Twitter Comms (@TwitterComms) December 17, 2020

we are giving Spaces to a very small feedback group. people in the group will be able to create Spaces for their followers and other people on twitter to join. they’ll have full control over who can/cannot speak in their space.

— Spaces (@TwitterSpaces) December 17, 2020

So many accounts need verifying - CDCUpdate, IntelCallofDuty, the all casters, TacticalRab, Easy Mac, just everyone ? https://t.co/mah9RbTWix

— ?????? (@alishalmao) December 17, 2020

I’m glad twitter is being “open” (in quotes for sarcasm bx this is the bare bare minimum) about this process. They tried something, it failed, and are interested in iterating. Cool- let’s improve features for harassment mitigation (more robust reporting + better privacy filters) https://t.co/21njY7DKzC

— caroline sinders (@carolinesinders) December 17, 2020

Ever get the feeling you’re an unwiling guinea pig in a massive social engineering experiment run by idiots? https://t.co/Bk6iot4k7b

— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) December 17, 2020

Twitter just shared more details on verification for 2021 and details behind the meeting process / decision. You will be able to apply again starting in January. https://t.co/VFYY8PTVNX

— Mark Julio (マークマン) (@MarkMan23) December 17, 2020

Twitters collaborative audio live streams.

I don't know why they frame it as a dinner party in the introduction. Let me listen to things that happen all over the globe. Give people a voice who weren't heard in the past. Allow journalists to talk about what they couldn't send. https://t.co/1IzzJFFFgg

— Luca Hammer (@luca) December 17, 2020

This is likely just the beginning. Imagine this rolled out to any category you can think of. The future is now. https://t.co/7e2ebdOWTQ

— Himbo Depot (@db) December 17, 2020

Really excited to finally learn both me and the person wishing me a violent death because I said accessibility considerations for Dark Souls both like "video games" https://t.co/bpxV3dqbXT

— Rami Ismail (رامي) (@tha_rami) December 18, 2020

"We’ll begin enforcing this policy on January 20, 2021, which is also when we’ll begin automatically removing the verified badge from inactive and incomplete accounts."

Ah, an entirely random date that was likely chosen by throwing darts at a calendar. Yep. Nothing to see here. https://t.co/QOfspuu3Tu

— Josh Hendrickson (@CanterRain) December 17, 2020

Thank ya’ll for the policy feedback! Public applications for verification will re-open early next year ?? https://t.co/wDSxfLnbSf

— God-is Rivera (@GodisRivera) December 17, 2020

After learning from this product experience, we’re sharing an update: today Retweet functionality will be returning to the way it was before.

Here's what we saw while we prompted Quote Tweets (1/4): https://t.co/MzoDKy3d69

— Twitter Support (@TwitterSupport) December 16, 2020

Twitter has ]announced more product launches and changes today than it did in all of 2014. https://t.co/qHXspTzq1f

— Casey Newton (@CaseyNewton) December 17, 2020

twitter's most popular interest tag is about to be "thrist" https://t.co/KaY958XzgY

— Tony Romm (@TonyRomm) December 18, 2020

Twitter is developing new account labels to highlight different account types starting with:

- automated / bot accounts
- memorialised accounts https://t.co/IE9XkufwTJ pic.twitter.com/VzRs0wZOJ0

— Matt Navarra (@MattNavarra) December 17, 2020

I will find my own funny, thank you very much https://t.co/1oH9RkOpEo

— Lance Ulanoff (@LanceUlanoff) December 17, 2020

I only retweet things ironically. https://t.co/IHxu59K6VC

— Mason Pelt (@masonpelt) December 17, 2020

the human voice can bring a layer of connectivity to twitter through emotion, nuance and empathy often lost in text. we see this with voice tweets & voice dms. sometimes 280 isn't enough, and voice gives people another way to join the conversation.

— Spaces (@TwitterSpaces) December 17, 2020

To power Topics like Funny Tweets, we need to understand the emotions behind the Tweets. So for the first time, we’re using an ML model that understands nuanced emotions by learning from Emojis to get a broader understanding of what people think is funny.

— Isabella Turchetta (@isabellaturch) December 16, 2020

i wonder how many people didn’t know you could normal retweet by leaving the quote space blank https://t.co/6o5wNLLD3t

— glauber wilds (@unseven) December 17, 2020

Twitter publicly tests Spaces, its Clubhouse-like voice chat service https://t.co/EDe9IDIjym

— XDA (@xdadevelopers) December 17, 2020

Twitter’s new verification policy will drop in January 2021 (story by @Indianidle) https://t.co/imjWX7nbFI

— TNW (@thenextweb) December 18, 2020

Twitterがビットコインのパイオニアであるハル・フィニーのアカウントを記念する#BTC https://t.co/hsAKlrTfer

— コイン海外速報 -仮想通貨ニュース- (@CoinNewsFlash) December 18, 2020

Twitter to relaunch account verification program starting January 2021 https://t.co/I9dmyupk2I

— XDA (@xdadevelopers) December 18, 2020

Twitter’s new verification policy will drop in January 2021 (story by @Indianidle) https://t.co/C23p0vUARo

— TNW (@thenextweb) December 18, 2020

Twitter’s new verification policy will drop in January 2021

It will also label bot accounts and memorialized accounts: https://t.co/gsHZw3AxM1 pic.twitter.com/tA9bi5sArb

— Glenn Gabe (@glenngabe) December 18, 2020