With the new Spaces feature, Twitter users will be able to open their own chat room. But instead of communicating via text messages like in classic chat rooms, you turn on your mic. The host of the room can invite other Twitter users to join the conversation. You can either select individual people or give the right to speak to all users you follow.
Currently, every Twitter Spaces is open to everyone. Once the room has been created, other users can enter and follow the conversation. However, these people don’t necessarily have permission to speak - the host decides who is allowed to speak. By the way, as the creator of a room, you can also take away the right to speak from your invited guests. Listeners, on the other hand, only have the option of giving reactions via emojis, and otherwise cannot participate directly.
Twitter Spaces is meant to be a direct and transient medium. Just like an offline, everyday conversation, no recordings should take place. This enables the conversations to be more open because participants don’t have to worry about what they said and how it could come across in the future. However, there are a few things to bear in mind: Twitter stores all conversations for 30 days. This is so that enough time is given to trace any illegal statements that might have been made. The host also has the option of downloading the sound file during the storage period. Other speakers should at least be able to download a transcript of what was said.