In the buzzy early days of live audio app Clubhouse, Twitter launched its competitor called “Spaces.” Starting November 2020, users with at least 600 followers could broadcast their benign conversations about crypto, or Ricky Martin, or unicorns to anyone who wanted to stop in and listen. Twitter then expanded access to everyone, regardless of follower count, almost a year later in October 2021.
Twitter’s been committed to making Spaces a thing. They’re at the top of your feed, hovering like guardian angels, and the platform seeks to induce FOMO by showing you if people you follow are in a Space, nudging you with notifications that other people are broadcasting.
