Long text sharing is coming to Twitter

Twitter will soon include a feature allowing users to add long text to their tweets, company owner and CEO Elon Musk announced on Saturday. Musk didn't say when the feature would arrive, but promised it would end "notepad screenshot nonsense." He added that the company also plans to work on additional tools for creator monetization and improvements to the platform's search functionality. "Twitter search reminds me of Infoseek in 1998! It will also improve much faster," he wrote.

After Musk's announcement, NBC News reporter Ben Collins was quick to point out that Twitter had been testing a text-sharing feature before Musk's takeover. "He's taking credit here for a bunch of work that some employees did before he fired them," he said. Indeed, earlier this year, Jane Manchun Wong, known for her experimental features in apps, discovered evidence that Twitter was working on an "Articles" feature to post longer posts.

On Saturday, Twitter also began setting up some of the infrastructure needed to support its revamped Twitter Blue subscription. The service will let users pay $8 a month to verify their account and access a handful of other features, including the ability to post longer videos and see fewer ads. Musk previously promised that Twitter would work to support content creators, but has yet to share details on how the company plans to do so. Since its takeover of the company, a number of high-profile users have left Twitter, including Nibellion, the owner of one of the platform's most popular gaming news accounts.

Update 7:25 PM ET: Added historical context about Musk's announcement.

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