Thread by @TwitterSpaces

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🧵

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.

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!

at a bomb dinner party, you don't need to know everyone to have a great time, but everyone feels comfortable at the table. we wanted Spaces to have that magic feeling too.

so how does this first test version work?

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.

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

we'll be mainly using DMs @TwitterSpaces to communicate with those in the feedback group. but we might share some updates and insights too. which reminds us, we should introduce ourselves...

the people tweeting are @Mr_DannySingh (Research), @mayagpatterson (Design), @rmbrgn (Eng), @akkhosh (Product)

we're only representatives of a MUCH larger team (we’re following some of them) who live & breathe this with us every day

we can’t wait to learn together with all of you! talk soon ✨🚀