Lately, social networks have been competing with each other to see which one is more innovative and offers more tools to its users. Similarities seen in new features being tested or recently released are proof. TikTok, YouTube, Instagram and Twitter they are experimenting with new tools for their users and several of these end up being the same or very similar to one that another social network already has. Twitter this time it’s testing a feature so users can co-author tweets, ring a bell?
Did Instagram with their publications and now it seems that the little bird’s social network wants to implement it. Twitter has been testing this new feature since December, as reported by the application developer Alessandro Paluzziand is under the name of Collaborations. The option is not publicly available yet, but what is it about? Users will be able to co-author the same tweet, though it will only work after one user accepts the other’s collaboration request. Of course, you can only invite someone who has a public account and who follows you.
ℹ️ You can only invite people who have a public account and who follow you back. pic.twitter.com/rdYODJpjsd
– Alessandro Paluzzi (@alex193a) March 29, 2022
Passing it clean. You want to collaborate with another user to share certain information. First, that account has to follow you and it has to be public, then you send it a request so that it accepts being “co-owner” of the tweet. Once you’ve accepted it, both accounts show up as co-authors on the tweet.
This feature will also go a long way for content creators as they could partner with different companies on branded advertising deals. It could also be used to publish combined statements between organizations, companies or individuals, promote work with different authors or for many other things. We have obviously already seen this on other social networks, it is quite common to see it on Instagram, TikTok and more.
As we said above, the function of Collaborations is being tested in Twitter from December 2021, when Paluzzi shared screenshots with references indicating that the social network was working on a way for two people to co-author the same tweet. Both usernames and account names would appear at the top of the tweet.
In February of this year, Paluzzi reported that a collaborations button had been added to the tweet editor screen, which looks like two small figures of people. In addition, he figured out how the co-authors’ profile photos would appear: one overlaid on top of the other.
#twitter is working on tweet collaboration 👀 pic.twitter.com/usDuQWqqBj
– Alessandro Paluzzi (@alex193a) December 11, 2021
It is not yet known when Twitter I would put this new tool into operation to collaborate on tweets, since for now it is still in the development stage. Perhaps, after analyzing and investigating the response of the users of this social network, they will see if it is convenient for them or not to launch it.
They could even put it for selected users, although Paluzzi told TechCrunch that it hadn’t found anything in the code that would limit the feature’s availability to select users only. In addition, this medium reported that, according to what the social network told them, the Collaborations are something that Twitter is currently “exploring” but did not elaborate on the feature, its plans or release date.
Let’s remember that Twitter already put tools for certain users. Are they super follow, where followers could subscribe for almost three dollars to favorite accounts in exchange for exclusive access (photos, videos, private tweets, etc). For now, this feature is in its initial trial period, where the content creator offering the subscription Super Follow You must reside in the United States and have at least 10 thousand followers.
is also Twitter Bluea premium subscription service for US users that costs $2.99 per month and allows users to correct typos in their tweets, among other tools that we don’t see in the free version of Twitter. Let’s also not forget about the NFT images that some users can set as their profile picture for $2.99.