Twitter goes full circle with Status feature test

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The new Status feature allows some users to assign one of several pre-written labels to their Tweets. A limited test of the feature has been confirmed by the company in a statement, while users on the social networking site have been posting pictures of the feature in action.

For a limited time, we are testing a feature that allows you to add a status topic to your Tweets to give more context to your followers. If you have a bad case of Mondays, or share your shower thoughts, your Tweets can convey what you're up to.

I don'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 pic.twitter.com/2BPwku1qi1

— Takes Of Vesperia (@coolranchzaku) July 27, 2022

It appears that many of the statuses are designed to replace the titles and symbols that are used at the start of a thread on the micro-messaging service. The Spool of Thread,Spoiler alert, andAMA with a microphone are included in the "A thread" status. It is thought that being able to put this information in a Status will save users valuable characters in their Tweets.

Jane Manchun Wong discovered the in- development feature. This latest test only allows users to attach Statuses to specific accounts, but at the time Statuses could be posted to any account. You can click on a status to see other similar messages.

Screenshot: Twitter.com

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There is no word on whether or not the Status feature will be expanded. It's part of a growing list of in-development features at the social media network, which also include mixed-media twits that could let you add both images and video to a single post, a downvote button, and the option to give awards to twits