Twitter began testing “Notes” features to write and publish long-form content on the social media platform, TechCrunch reported on Thursday.
A small group of writers in the United States, Canada, Ghana and the United Kingdom now have access to the new feature as part of the initial testing phase.
Currently, users who are part of the testing phase will have a new “Write” tab, which is where they can write and see all of their Notes. They will also have a new “Notes” tab in their profile that holds their published work to make it easy for their followers to find the long-form content.
Through the new feature, users will be able to create articles using developed formatting and uploaded media, which can then be tweeted and shared with followers upon publishing.
Users will have the option to embed photos, videos, GIFs and tweets into their Notes. Like tweets, Notes will have their own link and can be tweeted, retweeted, sent in DM’s, liked and bookmarked.
Earlier this month, Twitter announced that TweetDeck, social media dashboard application for management, will no longer be available as a standalone Mac app from July 1.
“We are saying goodbye to TweetDeck for the Mac app to focus on making TweetDeck even better and testing our new Preview,” a tweet from the TweetDeck team reads.”July 1 is the last day it will be available.”
TweetDeck for Mac got an overhaul last year that brought it in line with the web version. Then, the company admitted the app had not been getting “a lot of love” and that it was an example of “a Twitter-owned and operated service that we will continue investing in,” it added.
