X journalists, creators, and long-winded VCs now have a new way to exhaust themselves on the main. X now allows verified organizations and Premium+ subscribers to: „article“
This feature adds a basic text editing interface, including some text formatting options, such as embedded media and the ability to create bulleted lists. It also appears that articles may exceed the 25,000 character limit currently set for the „Long Post“ feature for premium subscribers. Initial testing showed that the character limit for articles was just over 100,000 characters, or about 15,000 words.
The editing interface looks like this:
It's worth noting that Twitter started implementing long-form posts long before Elon Musk acquired the company.The company showed off an early version originally called „Notes“, because it appeared to lure newsletter writers and other creators to the service.Mr. Musk approves This means that the publishing tools are still under development.
The rollout of the publishing tool is notable since Musk has often been hostile toward journalists on his platform.Last year, Musk posted a link to newsletter platform Substack. Being included in users' „For You“ feeds limits access to the service for many independent writers. × too From a news article shared on the platform last fall (the headline was eventually returned in a much smaller font).