@wmorein We set out with the goal of helping people capture the moment. I see Vine as a powerful platform for creating stunning videos but wanted to look at this through the lense of making it even easier, without the need to do much editing. We landed on 30 seconds as our limit. If all you wanted to do was post a single clip, you just hold down and then hit done and it's attached to your tweet.
I used tons of Framer Studio to build out interactive prototypes while designing. More on my design process to come!
Group DMs is super great - maybe the coolest part is this "The group function lets you start conversations with any of your followers and they don’t all need to follow one another in order to chat". This makes group DM's perfect for introductions!
This might be the biggest update to Twitter in the past year or more.
I (and many others) have complained about clunky Twitter DM's. It always felt like an afterthought. I'm excited to play with private group conversations and the emphasis on video is an interesting addition.
@stammy/Twitter team - Twitter's historically a very public forum and I remember hearing hesitations from @dickc in moving toward more private conversations. Curious to hear your thoughts on this and why Twitter's investing in this now.
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@stammy@dickc@rrhoover I agree. I think this is a transformative move for twitter. Both the group private chat and the video. We're already considering how Twitter video will differ from vine and youtube and how to take advantage of it.
@stammy@dickc@rrhoover I'm so excited about this, they've done such a great job on it. I'll be surprised if DMs doesn't eventually end up in it's own app, but for now, this is awesome. I want it to roll out to me already!
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Has this rolled out to anyone yet? My concern - can you leave a Group DM if added by someone else?
@craft_ryan@stammy awesome to hear. would hate to have it be like the never ending iPhone group messages...
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Very excited about the group DM's (will be using it for sure) and video (not sure how I would use this day to day). Is video a move more focused for attracting advertisers @stammy ?
@rawrawray Twitter Video is made for everyone :) I will definitely be using it to share the world around me, especially on my next phototrips: http://paulstamatiou.com/photos/
@rawrawray@stammy The team spent a lot of time making the camera easy to use and quick to post, so it's easy for everyone to contribute video content.
It's hard to perfectly predict what people will do with it--I can imagine a lot of breadth, from selfies to citizen journalism. But I'm pumped to see what the next Superbowl or the next #ferguson will look like on Twitter.
This is exciting. I think the biz case for intros will quickly become defacto - I already prefer using my twitter handle as a business card at meet ups.
This has been a long time coming. It should spur engagement. I don't post too often because my audience is diverse...some follow me as friends, some for tech, some for sports, etc. This will allow me to take some of the conversations I'd like to have off the timeline.
Props to Kevin Weil for shipping product fast.
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I wonder how soon these features will be available in third-party apps, if at all.
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