yooo I just launched my first product at Twitter, and wow what a fun journey it's been.
this is our first experiment of many to learn more about how people on Twitter might use audio to share their voice... https://twitter.com/twitter/status/1273306563994845185
this is our first experiment of many to learn more about how people on Twitter might use audio to share their voice... https://twitter.com/twitter/status/1273306563994845185
so why bring audio to Twitter? the team talked at length about the amazing storytellers on Twitter. for ex:
Activists
Journalists
Podcasters
Radio Hosts
Musicians
Comedians
& everyday folks who just have a crazy story they need to get off their chest.






& everyday folks who just have a crazy story they need to get off their chest.
currently, y'all either tell stories through a single tweet or maybe a thread. what if you could use audio?
audio is packed with potential. we're curious how people on Twitter might leverage it. actually we have a TON of questions about audio & Twitter, like...
audio is packed with potential. we're curious how people on Twitter might leverage it. actually we have a TON of questions about audio & Twitter, like...


questions like those



recording audio is a bit intimidating. so we explored a bunch of ways to try to make it easy, like recording with friends!
but we landed on a design optimized for on-the-fly recording. you don't want to fumble around with UI if you're capturing thoughts at an active protest.
but we landed on a design optimized for on-the-fly recording. you don't want to fumble around with UI if you're capturing thoughts at an active protest.
we also had a ton of fun thinking about all the ways we could visualize audio.
as always, in an effort to learn quickly while maintaining the integrity of our big vision, we had to make some tough design calls.
for ex, we stripped down editing features in favor of releasing them after we learn more about people's recording needs on Twitter.
for ex, we stripped down editing features in favor of releasing them after we learn more about people's recording needs on Twitter.
now is a great time to shoutout my Research (Alexandra) Design ( @jakhorner), PM ( @akkhosh), and Eng ( @rmbrgn) partners. what stood out about our amazing collaboration:
good ideas came from all of us
design, code, & research plans weren't precious, sometimes you gotta rebuild


I can’t wait to listen to the crazy, informative, funny, weird, goofy stories y’all tell.
p.s.
who you think is going to drop the first voice Tweet mixtape
p.s.
who you think is going to drop the first voice Tweet mixtape
