Twitter is working on a new feature that introduces the ability to attach photos, videos and GIFs to a tweet at the same time.
This feature was introduced to the public by skilled social media apps update leaker and online journalist Alessandro Paluzzi. In a follow-up tweet, Paluzzi states that he spotted information regarding this new interface update, or tweak, if you’d rather, all the way back in 2020. However, due to a lack of platform implementation and any supporting screenshots or information, he decided to let things lie until we got to this point in the run. At any rate, there’s not all too much to discuss as far as the new feature itself is concerned. It’s a rather straightforward upgrade for Twitter: initially, users could only group photos together under a single tweet, and mixing media has long been out of the platform’s reach. Now, users can finally mix and match their content; add photos with videos, add videos with GIFs, post multiple videos, and so on. The reason I keep repeating videos is because if we’re being honest, that’s what some users are looking forward to the most.
And yes, users are looking forward to this. It’s such a simple addition, yet offers the Twitter community so much mobility in expressing themselves on the platform. In fact, I’d like to toss this new tweak into the bin of ideas that Twitter absolutely could have implemented nearly half a decade ago, and yet apparently decided not to. It’ll be sharing that space with the new Edit Tweets feature. Yes, Twitter really likes taking its time with even simple steps upwards. Well, apparently the platform’s heard of two steps forward, one step back, and is very keen on ensuring that no steps are taken backwards, even if that means moving at a glacial pace. Let’s remember, this is the same company that tested threaded replies for over a year and a half before ultimately ditching the idea entirely.
To be fair, this new feature isn’t out of the woods yet either. Perhaps devs could deem it to anti-conducive to Twitter’s atmosphere, especially if the excessive influx of data-demanding content ends up slowing the platform down as a whole. I guess we’ll have to wait for a few months to get any legitimate bearing as to what Twitter plans to do. However, it's important to note that, Twitter might introduce this feature for only its paid users (AKA Twitter Blue) or for its limited number of advertisers to promote their products or services.
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This feature was introduced to the public by skilled social media apps update leaker and online journalist Alessandro Paluzzi. In a follow-up tweet, Paluzzi states that he spotted information regarding this new interface update, or tweak, if you’d rather, all the way back in 2020. However, due to a lack of platform implementation and any supporting screenshots or information, he decided to let things lie until we got to this point in the run. At any rate, there’s not all too much to discuss as far as the new feature itself is concerned. It’s a rather straightforward upgrade for Twitter: initially, users could only group photos together under a single tweet, and mixing media has long been out of the platform’s reach. Now, users can finally mix and match their content; add photos with videos, add videos with GIFs, post multiple videos, and so on. The reason I keep repeating videos is because if we’re being honest, that’s what some users are looking forward to the most.
And yes, users are looking forward to this. It’s such a simple addition, yet offers the Twitter community so much mobility in expressing themselves on the platform. In fact, I’d like to toss this new tweak into the bin of ideas that Twitter absolutely could have implemented nearly half a decade ago, and yet apparently decided not to. It’ll be sharing that space with the new Edit Tweets feature. Yes, Twitter really likes taking its time with even simple steps upwards. Well, apparently the platform’s heard of two steps forward, one step back, and is very keen on ensuring that no steps are taken backwards, even if that means moving at a glacial pace. Let’s remember, this is the same company that tested threaded replies for over a year and a half before ultimately ditching the idea entirely.
To be fair, this new feature isn’t out of the woods yet either. Perhaps devs could deem it to anti-conducive to Twitter’s atmosphere, especially if the excessive influx of data-demanding content ends up slowing the platform down as a whole. I guess we’ll have to wait for a few months to get any legitimate bearing as to what Twitter plans to do. However, it's important to note that, Twitter might introduce this feature for only its paid users (AKA Twitter Blue) or for its limited number of advertisers to promote their products or services.
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