San Francisco: Micro-blogging site Twitter has announced a new feature “Communities” as an alternative to Facebook’s popular Groups where people can share discussions on a specific topic.
Twitter Community will have its own moderators who are able to set rules and invite and remove people. Twitter invited a handful of users to create the first Communities and will let anyone apply to create their own on its website.
People on Twitter will create and moderate Communities. Like if you are passionate about birds of the Southern Hemisphere or soup, you could start a Community for that in the future.” The company said this in a tweet.
An initial batch of Communities can invite users. These could include #AstroTwitter, #DogTwitter, #SkincareTwitter, and #SoleFood (a group for sneaker enthusiasts).
“A handful of Communities will start the process. New ones willbe created every week. Our plan is to build and update Communities based on your feedback. Tell us how you *really* feel which honestly you’re already very good at doing,” the company added.
Communities can be accessed through the navigation bar on iOS devices. On the web, there’s a Communities option on the sidebar.
