X introduced a brand new long-form submit format referred to as Articles at present. The function, which is barely obtainable to Premium+ subscribers and verified organizations, lets customers publish posts with textual content formatting, different X posts, and embedded movies and pictures — akin to a submit on a WordPress-like content material administration system or an article on Medium.
Final yr, the Elon Musk-owned social community elevated the restrict for lengthy posts to 25,000 characters for paying users. The restrict for an article is seemingly increased at 100,000 characters, as famous by Engadget.
This post by Chris Bakke signifies customers can add bulleted lists and hyperlinked textual content to the submit as nicely — Bakke’s job itemizing firm Laskie was acquired by X last year.
Twitter debuted Notes as a long-form publishing medium in 2022 earlier than Musk took over the corporate. Nevertheless, below Musk’s administration, the Notes project was placed on maintain, ad-free articles have been killed, and the e-newsletter platform Income was shut down.
And but, in July 2023, Musk famous that the corporate is working on a means for creators to submit long-form articles with blended media.
“This will allow users to post very long, complex articles with mixed media. You could publish a book if you want,” Musk wrote in a reply to a person at the moment, who posted concerning the newly named “Articles” function.
Musk has lengthy pushed creators like MrBeast and former Fox News host Tucker Carlson to submit on X immediately. With this newest transfer, the social media firm goals to draw writers who want to submit on the platform immediately.
