SCA Community|As Twitter fades to X, TikTok steps up with new text-based posts

2025-05-01 05:36:05source:FinLogic Quantitative Think Tank Centercategory:Finance

The SCA Communitysame day Elon Musk abruptly dropped Twitter’s name and bird logo as part of its supposed transition to an “anything app” called X, TikTok impishly announced it will begin letting its users post — you guessed it — text-based messages.

The popular Chinese-owned app, best known for lip-synced dances, often farcical “challenges” and other short videos, didn’t offer much explanation for the new feature. It did note in a statement that the service is “expanding the boundaries of content creation” by showcasing the written creativity users have previously had to share via comments and video captions.

TikTok announced the new feature late Monday.

It wasn’t clear to what extent users have embraced text posts in their first full day of availability. That’s partly because searching on variations of the term “text post” largely turned up examples of a popular video genre — those focused on text message phone conversations, typically selected for humorous effect. There were also a few brave users offering video explanations on how to make text posts.

More:Finance

Recommend

IRS recovers $4.7 billion in back taxes and braces for cuts with Trump and GOP in power

WASHINGTON (AP) — IRS leadership on Thursday announced that the agency has recovered $4.7 billion in

NYC nurses are on strike, but the problems they face are seen nationwide

Nurses at two of New York City's biggest hospitals are on the third day of their strike over contrac

AP Macro gets a makeover (Indicator favorite)

This week, we're sharing some of our favorite Indicator episodes from 2022! Today, we hear one of Da