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Africa-Press – Botswana. <\/strong><\/span>Twitter is trialling a new feature allowing users to share “notes” as long as 2,500 words.<\/b><\/p>\n

The social media platform normally limits posts to 280 characters.<\/p>\n

Twitter said the move was a response to seeing people use the platform to post pictures of longer announcements and steer followers to outside newsletters.<\/p>\n

The test will run for two months and involve a small group of writers in Canada, Ghana, the UK and US.<\/p>\n

The new feature aims to keep audiences in the Twitter eco-system, with readers able to see a headline and access the longer note by clicking on a link.<\/p>\n

Writers will be able to embed gifs, photos and other features into long-form essays that can be read on and off Twitter. Notes can also be edited after they have been published.<\/p>\n

“Since the company’s earliest days, writers have depended on Twitter to share their work, get noticed, be read, create conversation – everything but the actual writing,” the company said, making the announcement using the new Notes product.<\/p>\n

“With Notes, the goal is to fill in that missing piece.”<\/p>\n

The move follows Twitter’s purchase last year of Revue, a Dutch newsletter start-up.<\/p>\n

Elon Musk hints at potential Twitter layoffs<\/p>\n

Twitter confirms it is working on an edit button<\/p>\n

Social media expert Dr Laura Toogood said the trial was a significant step for Twitter. She said the feature would encourage people to stay within the platform itself, rather than linking out to other websites that can host long-form content.<\/p>\n

“Adding this extra capability means that Twitter is now in a position to compete with some of the popular blogging platforms and potentially attract a new audience and a different type of user,” she told the BBC.<\/p>\n

“It will also encourage existing users to blog within Twitter, rather than move to other websites for this purpose, which will help to retain their audience.”<\/p>\n

In 2017 Twitter increased the maximum number of characters for tweets from 140 to 280, following a trial among a small group of users.<\/p>\n

The latest move comes amid scrutiny of the Twitter’s business prospects, as Elon Musk’s planned takeover of the company raises questions about its direction.<\/p>\n

The firm announced in April it was working on an edit button, shortly after Mr Musk – who had called for such a feature – revealed he had bought a large stake in the company. Twitter said the events were unrelated.<\/p>\n

Mr Musk has also said he sees potential in a subscription model in which people would pay to use the platform.<\/p>\n

Dr Nikki Usher, a journalism professor at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, said it was hard to know whether Twitter was trying out new formats out of profitability or a genuine desire to try to improve the platform.<\/p>\n

“In this case, one of the things we do know is that people do not like to read long texts online,” they told the BBC.<\/p>\n

“So whether giving people 2,500 characters to work with will ultimately make a difference in the quality of the digital public sphere – well, I think it’s unlikely. Is it a chance to grab headlines in advance of some major changes at the company? Absolutely.”<\/p>\n

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