Twitter tests long-form text feature called ‘Notes’

Twitter saidOn Wednesday, it was testing a new feature called Notes. This would allow users to share essays-like write ups as a hyperlink on or off the social media platform.

The company also saidRevue, a newsletter company it purchased last year, will now be part of Twitter Write with the “Notes” feature.

Twitter did not provide more information about the wider rollout. A small group of writers is currently testing the long-form feature. Twitter currently limits tweets to 280 characters, a feature it has been testing for nearly five years.

Twitter shocked users in April by announcing that it would soon begin testing a new edit function. It called it “the most requested feature in many years”.

The company is currently in the middle of a US$44 Billion buyout by Tesla’s Elon Musk. He is the world’s wealthiest person, according to Forbes magazine.

(Reporting by Akash Sriram in Bengaluru; Editing by Aditya Soni)