{"id":85188,"date":"2021-05-04T17:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-05-04T16:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/?p=85188"},"modified":"2021-05-04T17:53:19","modified_gmt":"2021-05-04T16:53:19","slug":"twitter-spaces-is-open-for-all","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/twitter-spaces-is-open-for-all\/","title":{"rendered":"Twitter Spaces is open for all with 600 or more followers, competing with invite\/iOS-only Clubhouse"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Alongside allowing anyone with at least 600 followers to host a Space, Twitter also introduce ticketed Spaces, co-hosting, scheduling and more.<\/span><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Launched in April last year, social audio app Clubhouse rose to popularity earlier this year as celebrities such as Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg made appearances on the app. Currently, the platform is invite-only, only on iOS and rooms are limited to up to 5,000 people. These limitations are due to the small company’s resources, but have lead to a tight-knit community feel around the app. As Clubhouse test bringing the app to Android, many platforms have shown interest in adding similar audio-only room features onto their own services such as Facebook<\/a>, Reddit<\/a>, Spotify<\/a> and Twitter with Spaces.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Twitter Spaces were introduced to all Twitter users in December last year on iOS and Android, with no limit on the number of people in a Space. This instantly opened up a Clubhouse-like experience to millions of more users. Active Spaces from those you follow appear at the top of your Twitter feed. Yesterday in a thread, Twitter announced they were opening up the feature, allowing anyone with 600 or more followers to host a Space.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\nhttps:\/\/twitter.com\/TwitterSpaces\/status\/1389270063807598594?s=20\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The thread goes on to share details of additional features Twitter are working on. This includes:<\/p>\n\n\n\n