Twitter opens Spaces, its live audio feature, to anyone with 600+ followers and details plans for Ticketed Spaces, reminders, co-hosting, accessibility, more
scheduling is coming to @TwitterSpaces! The only thing Twitter needs to launch is communities with scheduled spaces to match @JoinClubhouse's offering. #NewTwitter https://twitter.com/... Spaces / @twitterspaces : Co-hosting: sometimes, it's fun to host a Space with other people. or you may want help selecting people to speak. soon, you'll have the ability to choose up to two other people to manage participants and info about the Space, such as the title and description. Spaces / @twitterspaces : we created Spaces to bring people together in an intimate way to share thoughts and tweets with the power that only the human voice can bring. Spaces is now available to millions of people but the work is not finished bc it is part of a bigger vision built with you, our community Spaces / @twitterspaces : right now, everyone can listen to Spaces on iOS or Android and we're adding the ability to host for more people every day. Tweet #spacesresearch for all feedback & thoughts Tweet #spacesbugs for any issues Dare Obasanjo / @carnage4life : Twitter is going to allow selling tickets to chats in Spaces and will take a cut. This means they'll also be subject to Apple's 30% cut but that in my mind is preferable to Clubhouse randomly having a donate button on user profiles. Nice execution 💪 https://www.bloomberg.com/... Lara Cohen / @larakate : llots of big news coming this week from us at the bird — it's like infrastructure week, but we mean business.first up: @TwitterSpaces is going out broadly. lots of stuff coming here for our partners including ticketing spaces ($$$) scheduling & cohosting: https://twitter.com/... Will Oremus / @willoremus : Here's Twitter's official Spaces announcement, with a near-term product roadmap that includes ticketed events, co-hosting (an absolute must for moderating larger rooms), and better accessibility—but no plans for a public hallway or lobby at this point. https://blog.twitter.com/... Will Oremus / @willoremus : One last note: It's *huge* that Twitter launched this widely on Android at a time when Clubhouse is still iOS-only. What once felt like exclusivity now feels like a major product development stumble for Clubhouse as iOS enthusiasm wanes before an Android version even exists. Will Oremus / @willoremus : So if Clubhouse falls apart or proves too exhausting, especially as pandemic restrictions ease and people can actually go out more, Twitter may find a long-term advantage in maintaining a live audio product that may be less addictive/engaging, but also more sustainable. Josh Constine / @joshconstine : Twitter Spaces isn't serendipitous like Clubhouse, meaning it can add an audio layer but not an audio social graph or emergent culture https://twitter.com/... Corey Quinn / @quinnypig : I really like how Spaces has shaped up; now available to folks with a hard-to-hit-for-a-few-months follower count. If I know you and you're not at 600 yet, and this irks you? DMs open! https://twitter.com/... Martin Sfp Bryant / @martinsfp : Anyone with 600+ followers can now create a Twitter Space. Ticketed Spaces, scheduling features, reminders, support for co-hosting, accessibility improvements, and more are on the way. Twitter is really rocketing forward with Spaces at an impressive pace https://techcrunch.com/... Dare Obasanjo / @carnage4life : Twitter Spaces is now available to anyone with over 600 followers. Both Discord & Twitter have now beaten Clubhouse to an Android app while also building an experience that leverages pre-existing networks. Rarely does one see a startup execute so poorly. https://www.buzzfeednews.com/ ... Casey Newton / @caseynewton : After 15 years, there is finally a way to make money on Twitter other than linking to your SoundCloud https://twitter.com/... Will Oremus / @willoremus : Twitter just announced, as of 1pm ET, that Twitter Spaces is now available to everyone with 600+ followers, on iOS *and Android.* A few quick thoughts... See also Mediagazer
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Twitter had already expanded listening and speaking in Spaces through its Android rollout, while keeping hosting limited during testing. Opening creation to accounts with 600 or more followers turns that staged launch into a broader creator program.
The roadmap adds the operating features needed for recurring shows—scheduling, reminders, co-hosts and accessibility—rather than treating live audio as a one-off Twitter experiment. It also advances Twitter's stated aim to open hosting more broadly.
First-order effects
Twitter accounts with 600+ followers can begin hosting Spaces, and hosts gain planned tools for organizing repeat events and sharing moderation duties.
Twitter creates a monetization path around Spaces through Ticketed Spaces, giving established hosts a reason to build live-audio audiences on its service.
Second-order effects
Clubhouse faces a more complete challenge from Twitter: Spaces now combines Twitter's existing social graph with broader host access and a roadmap for scheduled, managed events.
Creators deciding where to run live conversations gain a platform option that pairs audience notifications and co-hosting with prospective ticket sales, raising pressure on rival audio products to match creator operations and monetization tools.
Third-order effects
If Twitter follows through on ticketing and recurring-event tools, live audio shifts from an experimental format toward a creator business layer inside established social networks, where distribution and audience ownership matter as much as the audio room itself.
The trend: Live-audio services are evolving from limited beta rooms into creator platforms built around host access, event management and monetization.
Ticketed Spaces: we're working on a way for hosts to be rewarded for the experiences they create and for listeners to have exclusive access to the convos they care about most. soon, we'll test ticketed Spaces with a small group where hosts can set ticket prices and quantity https…
Scheduling: no more setting your own alarms. we're building a way to schedule a Space. this way, you can sign up to get notified when it begins. https://twitter.com/...
we're focused on learning more, making it easier to discover Spaces, and helping everyone enjoy them with an engaged audience. here are some features we're working on: - Ticketed Spaces - Co-hosting - Scheduling - More block labels + warnings - Improved captions
Hello @TwitterSpaces , do you know your platform is being used as Rwanda Radio by Hindu Right Wingers in India? They are openly talking about violence, spreading hatred, how do you gonna control this?? Do something before it's too late, you will be complicit!
Prediction: This is the single biggest unlock for @TwitterSpaces It leverages all of Twitter's existing share & discovery mechanics on top of a social graph built for this type of conversation. (also, I'm biased because there's some Notifs 🔥) https://twitter.com/...
Let's go! Twitter Spaces to Clubhouse is what Instagram Stories was to Snapchat. Validates social audio, and I'm betting, will provide a more enjoyable experience since your followers are here. @Techmeme I just wanna start a conversation with @gaberivera ;) https://twitter.com/..…
Why does it feel like so many of the updates and changes are just Twitter forcibly shoving me into platforms that I purposely didn't join? I do not need Twitter to become Clubhouse. I am intentionally not on Clubhouse. Why. https://twitter.com/...
@QuinnyPig I'm sure this is just steering people to Fiverr to inflate their follower counts to 600+ and unlock access. Seems like if Twitter were serious it needs to be 600+ for >90d and then they step up their bot killing game significantly. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Even if it was a wholesale Clubhouse ripoff, Spaces seems to be one of the best product expansions from Twitter in a long time. https://twitter.com/...
Is there a conversation I would have with someone or a subject that could be discussed that would compel you to buy a ticket? And let's just say the ticket would be $5 https://twitter.com/...
Fairly interesting for creators. We've seen a few groups using Clubhouse but its limited availability on Apple devices only and with no accessibility features has been a great big discriminating concrete wall in checking it out. Spaces sounds like it will be a lot better. https:/…
And — scheduling is coming to @TwitterSpaces! The only thing Twitter needs to launch is communities with scheduled spaces to match @JoinClubhouse's offering. #NewTwitter https://twitter.com/...
Co-hosting: sometimes, it's fun to host a Space with other people. or you may want help selecting people to speak. soon, you'll have the ability to choose up to two other people to manage participants and info about the Space, such as the title and description.
we created Spaces to bring people together in an intimate way to share thoughts and tweets with the power that only the human voice can bring. Spaces is now available to millions of people but the work is not finished bc it is part of a bigger vision built with you, our community
right now, everyone can listen to Spaces on iOS or Android and we're adding the ability to host for more people every day. Tweet #spacesresearch for all feedback & thoughts Tweet #spacesbugs for any issues
Twitter is going to allow selling tickets to chats in Spaces and will take a cut. This means they'll also be subject to Apple's 30% cut but that in my mind is preferable to Clubhouse randomly having a donate button on user profiles. Nice execution 💪 https://www.bloomberg.com/...
llots of big news coming this week from us at the bird — it's like infrastructure week, but we mean business.first up: @TwitterSpaces is going out broadly. lots of stuff coming here for our partners including ticketing spaces ($$$) scheduling & cohosting: https://twitter.com/...
Here's Twitter's official Spaces announcement, with a near-term product roadmap that includes ticketed events, co-hosting (an absolute must for moderating larger rooms), and better accessibility—but no plans for a public hallway or lobby at this point. https://blog.twitter.com/..…
One last note: It's *huge* that Twitter launched this widely on Android at a time when Clubhouse is still iOS-only. What once felt like exclusivity now feels like a major product development stumble for Clubhouse as iOS enthusiasm wanes before an Android version even exists.
So if Clubhouse falls apart or proves too exhausting, especially as pandemic restrictions ease and people can actually go out more, Twitter may find a long-term advantage in maintaining a live audio product that may be less addictive/engaging, but also more sustainable.
Twitter Spaces isn't serendipitous like Clubhouse, meaning it can add an audio layer but not an audio social graph or emergent culture https://twitter.com/...
I really like how Spaces has shaped up; now available to folks with a hard-to-hit-for-a-few-months follower count. If I know you and you're not at 600 yet, and this irks you? DMs open! https://twitter.com/...
Anyone with 600+ followers can now create a Twitter Space. Ticketed Spaces, scheduling features, reminders, support for co-hosting, accessibility improvements, and more are on the way. Twitter is really rocketing forward with Spaces at an impressive pace https://techcrunch.com/..…
Twitter Spaces is now available to anyone with over 600 followers. Both Discord & Twitter have now beaten Clubhouse to an Android app while also building an experience that leverages pre-existing networks. Rarely does one see a startup execute so poorly. https://www.buzzfeednews.…
Twitter just announced, as of 1pm ET, that Twitter Spaces is now available to everyone with 600+ followers, on iOS *and Android.* A few quick thoughts...