Twitter is testing Communities, a new way to easily interact with people that want to talk about the same things you do, where you can make Twitter feel more like you and feel supported.
Niche communities have always been thriving on Twitter — think Book Twitter, Crypto Twitter, Skincare Twitter, Archaeology Twitter, Swiftie Twitter, and many more. Now, Twitter wants to give them a more permanent home.
How communities will work:
· Starting today, people can expect to see Communities; such as Dogs, Astrology, Skincare. Communities exist on iOS and Twitter.com as a place to Tweet about your interests separate from your public timeline.
· New members must be invited by the moderator or another member in the Community in order to join.
· When you send a Tweet in a Community, only people in your Community are able to reply — but the Tweets will be publicly visible. And only those in the Community can engage in the conversation — Tweet, Reply, Like, or Retweet.
· While you can Tweet only to your Community for a focused conversation; other people can read, Quote Tweet, and report Community Tweets.
Each Community will have Moderators who can make internal Community rules and set the tone for future conversations — perhaps the Sneakers Community will ban Tweets about sandals, or the Dogs Community won’t accept pictures of cats.
While there’s limited initial Communities at launch, there are many more to come as we open up Communities to more people in the coming future, and Twitter will test and learn from the initial Communities.
You can also read more about it on our blog and check out @TwitterSupport and @JoinCommunities.
