TikTok Announces New Feature, Comparable to Threads, Twitter, and Instagram (wothappen.com)

TikTok Announces New Feature, Comparable to Threads, Twitter, and Instagram

Naijanewsgossip reported that Chinese social media giant, TikTok now offers a text-only post option in addition to photos and video posts for its millions of users.

TikTok in a post announcing the changes said the new update gives its users another way to express themselves.

How the new TikTok feature will work

The new update allows text posts to appear similar to Facebook, and Instagram stories visually: while users can add a background color, edit how text appears, and add music and stickers to the post.

TikTok explained:

“When you access the Camera page, you’ll be able to choose from three options: photo, video, and text.

“When you access the Camera page, you’ll be able to choose from three options: photo, video, and text.

“By selecting text, you’ll be directed to the text creation page, where you can type out the content of your post around 1,000-character limit

“By selecting text, you’ll be directed to the text creation page, where you can type out the content of your post around 1,000-character limit

“Upon reaching the Post page, you’ll find familiar options to customize your content. These include adding Sound, tagging a location, enabling comments, and allowing Duets, among others. These features make it so your text posts are just as dynamic and interactive as any video or photo post.”

“Upon reaching the Post page, you’ll find familiar options to customize your content. These include adding Sound, tagging a location, enabling comments, and allowing Duets, among others. These features make it so your text posts are just as dynamic and interactive as any video or photo post.”

Twitter, Threads, TikTok Microblogging

The new update has put TikTok in direct competition with Elon Musk’s Twitter and the recently launched Thread owned by Mark Zuckerberg.

For years, Twitter has dominated the microblogging social media space with approximately 450 million monthly active users as of 2022.

However, with a series of changes being implemented by Elon Musk since he bought Twitter, other social media rivals have been making efforts to provide alternatives.