Feb 01, 2023 11:52:00

Twitter announces that it will abolish the 'CoTweet' function that allows two people to post one tweet

Twitter has announced that it will abolish the 'CoTweet' function that allows two people to jointly post a single tweet. The CoTweet feature was one of the last major updates announced before Twitter was acquired by Elon Musk, and was being piloted in some countries.

CoTweets

https://help.twitter.com/en/using-twitter/cotweets

Twitter is shutting down its CoTweets feature immediately |
https://mashable.com/article/twitter-shuts-down-cotweets

Twitter ends CoTweets, its collaborative posting feature - The Verge
https://www.theverge.com/2023/1/31/23580062/twitter-cotweets-dual-posting-elon-musk-takeover

Since being acquired by Elon Musk, Twitter has laid off thousands of employees and suspended some of its products and services. Outside of the CoTweet feature, Twitter's newsletter platform, Revue, has shut down.

Twitter decides to terminate newsletter distribution service 'Revue' - GIGAZINE

The CoTweet function, which was announced to be abolished this time, was announced on July 8, 2022, and was being tested for limited release to some users in the United States, Canada, and South Korea. This function is ``share one tweet with two users'', and you can post the same tweet on each other's timeline at the same time.

Twitter starts testing 'CoTweet' function that allows two people to post one tweet - GIGAZINE

The CoTweet function was only a trial introduction, but it was expected to be useful when influencers and brands announce collaborations.

However, Twitter updated its CoTweet feature page on January 31, 2023, stating, 'Over the past few months, we've been experimenting with new ways to tweet together using CoTweets. CoTweets cannot be created from January 31 (Tuesday).Existing CoTweets can be viewed for another month, but after that they will be switched to Retweet.Sorry for the inconvenience. I'm sorry for doing this.' message.

Twitter said, ``Thank you for your feedback on CoTweets, and we will continue to consider implementing this feature.'' No specific schedule has been revealed.