Twitter Tests Feature for Sharing Photos & Videos

Twitter has been on wheels testing out new features to enhance the user experience on the microblogging site. As the 140 character fad takes on the

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social media world, twitter stream has been brimming with content from every corner of the world.  And now , images and videos will soon be a part of this sharing process on the site.
A feature that is currently in a testing phase will allow the Twitter users to now embed videos and photos in their streams. Known as the ‘Tweet Media’ (which has been removed as of now), the new feature came with a following description during the settings:
“By default, you’ll only see images and videos shared by people you’re following, and reveal those by people you’re not. Check this box to see media from everyone on Twitter.”

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Twitter has been trying to emulate and implement many of such features that are offered by third party apps. This is a direct assault to apps like Twitpic, TwitVid, Brizzly and others that have been around from quite a while enabling users to share photos and videos on the site. Also Twitter has always been loved for its simple and clean interface which as we see now is swarming with new features slowly. Also dealing with spam has always been a big issue on Twitter and with more multimedia content on the site, things are bound to get more dirty. Finally the site has always faced technical glitches ever so often interrupting its use. With photos and videos now becoming the part of the stream, prepare for the worst. So is Twitter trying to become the Facebook? If Yes, sadly, its certainly heading for a doom.

25 Reasons To Love Social Media

1. You can update your friends and family with what is happening in your life via Twitter and FaceBook.

2. You can help your favorite charity.

3. You can create a movement.

4. You can share what you like via social networking buttons which are now available          with just one click.

5.  You can share music you love with friends that have the same musical taste.

6.  You can sell or advertise.

7.  You can converse with your consumers.

8.  You can share your opinions via commenting on blogs, updates or links that you like      or hate.

9.  You can play social games.

10. You can share your passion and start a blog.

11.  You can watch videos and share your favorite ones.

12. You can create an album and share it with the world.

13. You can take a snap shot, share it with friends, and allow them to give you      feedback.

14.  You can stalk someone – but this is not recommended.

15.  You can check the weather and traffic updates in real time.

16.  You can get real time news on breaking headline stories.

17.  You can chat with your friends on FaceBook and Twitter.

18.  You can find a job and post a job.

19. You can get feedback on what you are considering buying and how you look.

20. You can find out where people are via Foursquare and Gowalla.

21. You can find inspiration for your design or your blog.

22. You can find out what your friends are cooking or eating in real time.

23. You can get how-to tips about anything under the sun.

24. You can find out the trending topics of the day before they hit the newspapers or the television.

25. You can make people laugh or get cheered up by funny blogs or humorous videos        shared on YouTube.

How To Add Your Business To Twitter Places

If you have a business where people check in, an office, retail store or restaurant or bar, you can and probably should add your place of business so that people can simply click on your place and add the address automatically.

It’s a pretty cool characteristic from a Twitter standpoint because you can tell people where to meet you or where a big event is happening then Twitter will add the location details, including a map, without cutting into your 140 characters.   

                             

The image above is what people see at Twitter.com when they click on the location part of your tweet. (Tweetdeck and Twitter for the smart phone all seem to handle it a bit differently, but if it catches on I imagine you’ll see this added to all 3rd party tools.)

There are a duo things that will likely hold large scale adoption back. First people with lots of random followers won’t always want to give their location away and you’ve got to turn location on in settings and manually choose it each time. However, I do believe it will be used for events and can’t hurt to get your business listed.

Here’s how you get listed. (There is no formal process you just add your business as a user)
1) Log in to twitter.com and got to setting – make sure “Add a location to your tweets”
2) Go to your home page and write a tweet.
3) Click on the location at the bottom of the tweet (it will ask to choose your current location and try to find you)
4) Click on whatever location is there and scroll to bottom and select search places (unless you already see your location on the list)
5) Put in your City to search and then after it searches click Add This Place
6) Enter the name and address of your business and that’s it.
7) Now when you tweet from your business it will add your location and others can choose it too.