Twitter went through a major overhaul in 2021.

These firms can be key to how Twitter will shape up as a social connection in the next year.

What startups has Twitter acquired this year?

Twitter’s 7 acquisitions in 2021 show its ambition to move beyond the live feed

How are these acquisitions shaping Twitter?

This year one of the prominent Twitter products that surfaced is Spaces its Clubhouse competitor for live audio.

After launching it inthe test phase last year, the company slowly opened it up for everyone.

Twitter acquired social podcasting firm Breaker earlier this year

This comes after Clubhouse rolled out itsown Replay featurein October.

The Breaker team might have played a part in building someof these functions.

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Sphere facilitates chat between community members

While operating independently, Revue has tried to integrate its features into Twitter.

Revue could also hope to achieve that with Twitters reach.

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In September, Twitter launchedCommunities a subreddit-like feature that helps connect people sharing similar interests.

Talking of messaging, the Quill acquisition could be key to finally making Twitter DMs more useful.

Twitter’s subreddit-like communities feature for specific interest

Plus, we might see improved DM search and group messaging experience.

So we can expect some changes soon.

This is powered by… you guessed it right, Threader.

Twitter Blue’s reader mode feature to read long threads in a nifty format

Well, its already one of the best places to get news quickly with tweets and Periscope-powered live videos.

So I can imagine it trying to attack other media spaces like audio with full force.

Notably, Twitter has made it easy to become a publisher.

With a new CEO anda new direction,Twitter can finally achieve some much sought-after user base growth.

A crypto startup acquisition?

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.”

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