{"id":454526,"date":"2022-07-29T12:20:28","date_gmt":"2022-07-29T10:20:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/?p=454526"},"modified":"2022-07-29T12:20:56","modified_gmt":"2022-07-29T10:20:56","slug":"twitter-testing-myspace-like-status-feature","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/internet\/454526-twitter-testing-myspace-like-status-feature.html","title":{"rendered":"Twitter testing Myspace-like status feature"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A Twitter spokesperson has confirmed that the platform is testing a status feature that lets users tag their posts with a label.<\/p>\n<p>According to a TechCrunch <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2022\/07\/27\/twitter-status-feature-test\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">report<\/a><\/strong>, labels include options like &#8220;Shower thoughts&#8221;, &#8220;Picture of the day&#8221;, &#8220;Spoiler alert&#8221;, and the somewhat unneeded &#8220;Current status&#8221; tag.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;For a limited time, we are testing a feature that allows you to add a status topic from a predetermined list to your Tweets to provide more context for your followers,&#8221; TechCrunch quoted a Twitter spokesperson as saying.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;So whether you are about to drop a hot Tweet thread, share your shower thoughts, or have a bad case of the Mondays, your Tweets can better convey what you are up to.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Currently, there isn&#8217;t an option to customise tags, meaning users will have to select one from Twitter&#8217;s pre-written list.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">I don&#8217;t know how twitter managed to release a more embarrassing and unusable feature than cotweets in the same month but here it is. these are all the statuses you can use. no custom statuses allowed <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/2BPwku1qi1\">pic.twitter.com\/2BPwku1qi1<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Takes Of Vesperia (@coolranchzaku) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/coolranchzaku\/status\/1552379958324076550?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 27, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The company said the test would run for a limited time with a select group in Australia and the US.<\/p>\n<p>There have been mixed reactions from the users to which the feature has already rolled out.<\/p>\n<p>One user described the feature as &#8220;embarrassing and unusable&#8221;, while another alluded to the similarity of Twitter statuses to LiveJournal.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;LiveJournal just keeps coming back,&#8221; they <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/continuants\/status\/1552380773478678539?s=20&amp;t=2r3lNMIM5o08nqQFBwTGBQ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Another user tagged their <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DaveLeeFT\/status\/1552458311223898112?s=20&amp;t=2r3lNMIM5o08nqQFBwTGBQ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">post<\/a><\/strong> with the &#8220;Hot take&#8221; label, saying, &#8220;I don&#8217;t mind the Twitter status things&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>Others have likened the change to Myspace&#8217;s Moods feature.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">Now read: <a href=\"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/broadband\/454386-starlink-wants-to-offer-mobile-broadband-via-its-satellites.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Starlink wants to offer mobile broadband via its satellites<\/a><\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The feature will let users tag their posts with a choice of pre-written labels.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":341076,"featured_media":451768,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[80226,80224,48506,405],"class_list":["post-454526","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-internet","tag-livejournal","tag-post-tags","tag-status","tag-twitter"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/454526"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/341076"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=454526"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/454526\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/451768"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=454526"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=454526"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=454526"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}