Tiktok launches text posts to compete with twitter and threads. New feature of the social network allows content with up to 1000 characters, which can be complemented with music, stickers and more

TikTok launches text posts to compete with Twitter and Threads f5k41

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New feature of the social network allows content with up to 1000 characters, which can be complemented with music, stickers and more

Many social networks are investing in text posts to gain attention from those unhappy with Twitter, right? And beyond the Meta, another company that has just entered this market is TikTok. The social network known for its short videos announced the novelty that resembles Instagram Stories and soon, everyone will be able to type content directly on the cell phone screen. Understand details. 4c6e2s

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A Bytedance has just released a feature that re the text posts that are available on Instagram Stories since 2016. Instead of posting photos or videos with texts, s can now write whatever they want, with a limit of 1000 characters. The company had already released the posting of photos, a complement to the posting of videos.

Examples of text posts on tiktok
Texts with up to 1000 characters can be written directly on the screen (Photo: Disclosure)

But if they wanted to type some text on the screen, the still needed to place this content in a photo or video to be able to express themselves. And that was in the past, as the novelty began to be gradually released to s and soon everyone should have access to the new feature.

TikTok bets on a new way for people to express themselves in the midst of problems on Twitter (Photo: Reproduction / NBC 5 Dallas)

Who has an on TikTok you can use music, stickers, emojis, tags and hashtags in your text posts. It will also be possible to change the background color of the posts and change the font. If you want to change the text formatting to center, justify, or right-align everything, that's available too.

In addition to the publications of texts in the TikTok released for duets, it will be possible to mark a location and receive comments on everything that is written.

Until the closing of this matter, the resource was not yet in Brazil. As it was released today (24) in the US, this should arrive soon for s in the rest of the world. The feature was defined as yet another way for content creators to express themselves.

Creators were able to create content in a variety of formats – live video, photos and duets. Text is the latest addition to the content creation options, allowing creators to share their stories, poems, lyrics and other written content on our social network – giving creators another way to express themselves and making creation even easier.

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When it is released in Brazil, just click on the button “Create", located at the bottom of the application, select the option "Camera" and then, "Text".

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There is no denying that the Bytedance is targeting people who prefer to express themselves through typed text rather than photos and videos. This new form of posts arrives after about three weeks since the launch of Threads,, Meta.

Mark Zuckerberg's new social network, completely based on Twitter, became successful in its first moment of release by having 100 million registrations in record time. But currently, it is estimated that only 13 million people are active posting every day on their profiles on Threads,.

O TikTok is known for launching features similar to those of its competitors so that s do not stop using the social network. In September 2022, the company launched the TikTok Now, a competitor inspired by the beer. The novelty ended up not being adhered to by s of the short video social network and was discontinued in June 2023.

Copy of BeReal was not successful in the dance app (Photo: Disclosure)

We can only wait for time to say that text posts will be as successful as short videos with dances, educational content and much more. What do you think is new? Tell us us Comment!

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With information: TikTok l The Verge

reviewed by Glaucon Vital in 24 / 7 / 23.

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