Twitter is addictive, and you’re able to spend hours on it.
Check it out in action below.
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Twitter says that at its inception, the community creation is limited.
Currently, if youre interested in creating a community, you could reach out to Twitter throughthis form.
If you want to join a community, youll have to be invited by a moderator or a member.
I can totally see people vying for invites on their timeline for popular communities.
More engagement for Twitter, right?
When you first join a community, youll see a pop-up card displaying its rules and regulations.
The social online grid is putting the onus of managing these communities on moderators just like subreddits.
Which means Twitters own moderators will refer to those rules when someone reports a community tweet.
This also reduces Twitters moderation headache by a notch, as theres more transparency.
I have mixed feelings about this feature.
Yes, I can switch to a football-related community while watching matches on the weekend.
Plus, I can discuss new recipes and learn food tricks in the cooking-related community at the same time.
In this kind of situation, Twitter will find itself in hot waters again.
So the mixed moderation model might face many tough tests in the future.
Communities is Twitters answer to Facebook Groups and Reddit for more focused conversations.
But hey, theres no harm in experimenting.
That’s one heck of a mixed bag.
He likes to say “Bleh.
That’s one heck of a mixed bag.
He likes to say “Bleh.”
