Elon Musk says Twitter is engaged on a characteristic that can allow you to publish articles

Twitter is engaged on a characteristic that can allow you to publish articles on the platform, in line with proprietor Elon Musk. The characteristic will “enable customers to submit very lengthy, advanced articles with combined media,” Musk said in a reply to a consumer tweeting concerning the in-development software, which is outwardly now known as “Articles” as a substitute of “Notes.” “You would publish a e book if you’d like.”

The characteristic will additional increase the methods you possibly can write on the platform, which, underneath Musk’s possession, is beginning to transfer past its microblogging roots. Twitter Blue subscribers can already publish tweets with 10,000 characters, which is way above the 280-character limit imposed on non-Blue subscribers. At any time when the articles characteristic launches, it feels like it’s going to allow you to publish missives which might be even longer.

Musk didn’t say when the articles characteristic is perhaps launched. However given Twitter’s current historical past of shock launches, I’m guessing it’ll simply seem in the future with out a lot warning.