After the incredible success of the Clubhouse audio room social network, other services have not taken long to adapt their operation to attract more users. We have a clear example on Twitter Spaces . Today we explain what they are, how they work and much more about this tool of the blue bird social network.
What is Twitter Spaces?
Starting with the main thing, if you already knew Clubhouse, everything that we comment on below will sound a lot to you.
Twitter Spaces are nothing more than rooms where users can chat with their followers or participate in live audio chats , and all this is energized with some very interesting functions. These audio rooms can be found in the upper bar of the app where the Fleets (Twitter stories) are located as a bubble with a purple border, instead of the typical blue of the stories of this service.
Initially this Twitter audio service reached a very small group of users, then it was extended only to people who had iOS as an operating system (the usual thing that usually happens with apps) and, finally, Twitter Spaces is now available for everything the world. So, whether you have an Android or an iPhone, you only have to download the Twitter application (or update it if you already have it to the most current version) to start chatting in these rooms.
How Twitter Spaces works
Now that you know what this new tool of the blue bird social network consists of, let’s dive right into its operation.
The first thing, of course, is that you know how you can create your first Twitter Spaces room . It will be as simple as:
- Within Twitter, click and hold on the create a new tweet icon in the lower corner to display a new menu.
- Here you will see 3 options, of which you must press the purple one that refers to the Twitter Spaces sales.
- You will automatically be redirected to your first Spaces audio room.
The first thing you will have to do before starting the audio transmission is to name your space or your room . It’s simple: click on “give it a name” and put whatever you want. This headline can include emojis or signs if you so decide, but you should know that users will not see that name until they enter the room. That is, in the Fleets section they will simply see your name next to an indication that you are live in a room.
Once this first adjustment has been made, click on “Start your space” and, after a few seconds of waiting for the connection to be made, we will be online with whoever wants to listen to us. In the interface of the room there are different sections:
- The first “button” is simply to activate or mute our microphone . If we have not given Twitter permissions to access it, the first time we connect the app itself will request it.
- The following is the typical three-dot access for configuration . From here we will see relevant information about the spaces, room settings such as seeing the subtitles or choosing who can speak and see the rules of these rooms.
- Followed by this we have the icon of participants and listeners. From here we can see a summary of all the people in the room , invite up to 10 participants as speakers or even see who we have eliminated or blocked.
- The heart icon that we find in the general chat is the one that will give us the possibility to share our reactions to the speakers in the room. Since, at the moment, there is no possibility of a live chat, this will be the only way to interact with them. The icons will appear on the profile image of the participants in the room.
- And finally, we will have the typical option of sharing via direct message, through a tweet or by copying the direct access link to the room to paste it anywhere.
These are the main options that we find so far in Twitter Space. When you want to end the room, it is as simple as clicking on end and confirming in the message that the Twitter app will launch.
As we mentioned before, it is something tremendously similar to what another service such as Clubhouse offers but which, mixed with the history and virality of this social network, can become a spectacular tool for content creators. And speaking of these types of users, if you are one of them, keep reading because the next section interests you a lot.
Make money with Twitter Space?
So far, as you have seen throughout this guided tour, this tool or functionality that Twitter has implemented is completely free. A place where you can interact and share opinions with your followers. But of course, as is logical, we cannot supply ourselves with the air and the social network of the blue bird knows it.
To try to somehow monetize Twitter Space and the work it requires from the creators, Twitter seems to be preparing what will be “private” rooms . It is nothing more than chats in which, as listeners, we must pay a certain amount of money to access and, in this way, support the content created by that person we follow.
How much will access to these rooms cost? At the moment it is too early to know for sure but, apparently, it will be something that the creator himself can decide. That is, we ourselves as developers of our spaces will decide the price of the ticket and, we can even establish a number of specific passes.
Of course, keep in mind that Twitter will take a commission from your earnings. We still do not know how much it will be but so many “facilities” will have to be paid if we want to receive that financial support from our followers.
What do you think of Twitter Spaces? Will you use it in your account to share opinions with your followers?