The year 2021 is almost over and it has been a very busy year for the social media platform Twitter. From crypto to the Olympics and squid games to Adele’s album, the users of this social media platform had a lot to talk about. Twitter shared a statement that said the company’s “monetizable daily active users grew 13% year-on-year to 211 million in the third quarter of 2021.” Below are some of the other biggest updates from this company
Twitter recently introduced new ways to interact and earn money through the platform and has worked on its security to keep it safe and inclusive. The company has also shipped a number of product updates and features, as well as testing methods, for people to join in and follow the conversation to understand what worked and what didn’t.
Twitter parted ways with Fleets and Periscope features and introduced a new way to have live audio conversations on Twitter via Twitter Spaces. The company claims that it has continued to iterate and add features and improvements to its products based on direct feedback from users. Here are the features that Twitter added to the service in the year 2021:
community on twitter
Twitter began testing communities on Twitter in September 2021 to add people who want to talk about similar topics. When you join a community, you can tweet directly to that group instead of all your followers. Only members of the same community can reply and join the conversation, and communities are managed by moderators.
The feature is available globally on Twitter for iOS and the web. Twitter says it is working to launch the functionality of the Android app before the end of the year.
Twitter Blue
The company began testing a special subscription service called Twitter Blue in June 2021 that gives people access to exclusive features and perks. This subscription offering is meant to add advanced and complementary features to the already existing Twitter experience. Some of the perks include ad-free articles, headers, bookmark folders, undo tweets, and reader mode.
The service is available on Twitter for iOS and Android in the US, Canada, Australia and New Zealand.
Twitter Space
The feature was introduced in May 2021 for live audio conversations on Twitter. According to the company, listening to the voices of people brings life to the conversation. “The spaces encourage and unlock real, open conversation with the authenticity and nuance only the human voice can bring,” the company says. Twitter has been continuously rolling out new features for Spaces, which have added several improvements to the product such as scheduling space, recording space (for replays) and a Spaces tab that can be interesting to join in on the conversation. The feature is available globally on Twitter for iOS, Android and the web.
super follows
The feature was unveiled in September 2021 and gives creators the opportunity to earn monthly revenue by sharing tweets only for paying subscribers. Producers are responsible for starting, influencing and enhancing many conversations here. Through a monthly subscription with Super Followers people can create an extra level of interaction on Twitter and interact authentically with their most engaged followers – all while earning money.
The service is only available for select US creators on Twitter for iOS, although globally anyone can super follow those creators. You can apply for a waiting list by going to Monetization > Super Followers in the sidebar of your Twitter for iOS app.
review by twitter
In August 2021, Twitter acquired Revue, a service that makes it free and easy for anyone to start and publish editorial newsletters, to accelerate our work to support writers of all types and Have a way to monetize their audience. It launched a way for newsletter creators to add a subscribe button directly to their Twitter profile. It is available on Twitter for iOS and Android. The Subscribe button is only available for a trial group on Android and the web.
ticketed places
Twitter launched Ticketed Spaces in June 2021 to support creators on Twitter for their time and effort in hosting, speaking and moderating live audio conversations. Creators can earn a portion of the revenue from tickets audiences purchase to join a specific space, whether it’s a workshop, a get-together with their most loyal fans, or a concert. It is available on Twitter for iOS and Android for a select few US creators and is expected to expand to other markets in the coming year.
Tips
Tips were introduced by Twitter in May 2021, allowing people to seek and show support with money. Twitter says it has no deductions, and features payments through third party services like PayPal, Patreon, RazorPay and others. Users can choose to add tips to their profile through their account settings. It also added optional payment services to TIPS – and allowed people to pay each other via bitcoin using Strike, a payment application built on the bitcoin Lightning network, so that people could send and receive bitcoin tips for free and instantly. Can you It is available globally on Twitter for iOS and Android.
Security Mode
Safety Mode is a feature that was tested in September with a small group of people including women journalists and people from marginalized communities to better protect individuals when tweets are received by reducing the prevalence and visibility of harmful comments Can you Safety Mode temporarily auto-blocks accounts that respond to your Tweets with potentially harmful language — such as insults or hate comments — or that send repeated and uninvited replies or mentions. It’s being tested on Twitter for iOS and Android, with a select set of users with English-language settings enabled.
choose who follows you
Twitter rolled out this feature in September 2021 as users wanted more control over their timeline and their followers. The company rolled out a feature to help users curate their own follower list. Without blocking someone outright, anyone can go in, tap on their followers list, and actively remove that person from following them. It is available globally on Twitter for Web.
improving media on twitter
Twitter upgraded the quality of photos and videos posted on Twitter in September 2021 and began testing edge-to-edge Tweets for photos, GIFs and videos to give them more room to shine. Users can share their tweets on Instagram and YouTube to give people even more ways to express themselves. It is being tested on Twitter for iOS and Android.
Bringing more credible references into the conversation
Twitter is committed to providing reliable context to help people make informed decisions about what they view on Twitter. To further the ongoing work of its curation team to uncover credible information on Twitter, it announced in August 2021 the Associated Press (AP) to expand its efforts to identify and upgrade credible information on Twitter. and began working with Reuters. It is available on Twitter iOS and Android for English language content in the US, UK and India.
New and Improved Misinfo Labels
In July 2021, Twitter is rolling out a redesigned misinformation label to help people more easily know when the content of a Tweet is potentially misleading. These labels will appear with a color-coded background, giving people a way to quickly parse them, making them more visible in the feed. information from visual cues. It has been found that even small changes in design can affect how people interact with labeled Tweets, with more people clicking on new labels for additional context, and fewer people viewing potentially misleading Tweets with those labels. Retweet or Like. It is available on Twitter to most of the people globally.
Your Tweets = Your Location
To give people more control over the conversations they start, Twitter rolled out a conversation settings update in July 2021 to allow people to change “who can reply” in the middle of a conversation. It turns out that conversation settings help some people feel secure. By limiting these unwanted replies so that they can participate in more meaningful conversations, while still allowing people to see different perspectives. It is available on Twitter globally for iOS, Android and the web.
One step closer to an inclusive Internet
Twitter says it’s important to it that the platform reflects the many voices that shape conversations on the service, which is why it introduced a new language setting that accepts the Arabic feminine form in June 2021 and supports better does. Those who select this setting will be addressed as feminine, for example, “tweet” will be رّدي (addressing women), not the default Arabic today, which is رّد (addressing men). It is available on Twitter for web
Say goodbye to auto-cropping
After successful testing, Twitter improved the way images appeared on a user’s home timeline in May 2021. The work is a direct result of feedback people shared with the company last year about the way its algorithmically cropped images were not identical. Now, Tweets with a single, standard aspect ratio image appear uncut. Tweet authors can also see a preview of what the image will look like in the Tweet composer tool before it is posted. It was the first step in its larger plan to improve media on Twitter so that people can share and view content in its original form, and have more flexibility and control over how their photos appear on their timelines. It is available globally on Twitter for iOS, Android and the web.
New ways to identify accounts on Twitter
Twitter wants to make it easy for everyone to know who they are interacting with. One way to do this for notable and authentic accounts is with a blue verified badge. In May 2021, the company launched its new verification application and once again began reviewing public applications for the blue check mark. The eligibility criteria is more transparent, thanks to its new policy which was largely shaped by public feedback. Verification is just one way for Twitter to identify itself, but it has also started rolling out labeling of accounts to allow accounts to identify themselves – beginning with good bots (or automated accounts). Nice bots help people find useful, entertaining and relevant information every day – from sharing masterpieces of art to informing people about earthquakes, even letting you get some fresh air #selfcare To remind. Twitter plans to launch more account labels in 2022. It will be available to people globally on Twitter for iOS, Android and the web.
tweet with intent
In 2020, Twitter tested prompts to encourage people to stop and reconsider a potentially harmful or offensive reply before suppressing sending. These tests showed that if prompted, 34% of people revised their initial answer or decided not to send their answer at all. It also showed that once given the prompt, people composed an average of 11% less objectionable answers in the future. In May 2021, Twitter introduced several new improvements to these signals, including considering the relationship between author and respondent and how often they interact, as well as its technology to more accurately detect strong language, including profanity. includes improving.
A community-based approach to misinformation
Twitter also launched Birdwatch in January 2021, to empower people on the platform to collaboratively add useful notes to tweets that may be misleading. Those involved in the pilot are able to publicly present useful context on tweets that they believe contain misleading information. It’s being tested on Twitter for iOS, Android, and the web in the US.
Going forward in 2022, Twitter aims to continue to encourage global, public conversations to make it easier for people to care about them, as well as to help everyone create their own experiences on Twitter. To be rewarded for the content they’re creating, and feel safe and in control.
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