- And tonight, message encryption will start
- Users will chat without sharing a phone number
Elon Musk has announced new features coming soon to Twitter.
Firstly, this night the application will be updated and implement the option to encrypt messages. And in the near future, voice and video calls will be added here.
“Soon there will be voice and video chat with any user on this platform. You will be able to communicate with people anywhere in the world without giving them your phone number”
The call and video chat feature will make Twitter look like Facebook and Instagram. And encrypted direct messages will bring the social network closer to Signal functionality. It’s not yet clear if the encryption option will work on Twitter calls.
Also, in the near future, the platform will deploy the purge of archive pages. Accounts that have not been active for several years will fall under it. According to the new Twitter rules, the owner must visit his account at least once every 30 days. In case of a long absence, the page may be considered inactive and subject to deletion.
The other day it became known that Elon Musk reduced the number of Twitter staff to a thousand people. This is a 90% decrease since the businessman came to power. At the same time, the new head dreams of turning the social network into an “application for everything.” How he plans to do this with fewer employees is still unclear.
In April, Twitter launched monetization for creators.