{"id":211143,"date":"2024-03-08T01:59:09","date_gmt":"2024-03-08T01:59:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/2024\/03\/08\/you-can-write-long-form-articles-on-x-if-you-pay-for-premium\/"},"modified":"2025-06-25T17:21:04","modified_gmt":"2025-06-25T17:21:04","slug":"you-can-write-long-form-articles-on-x-if-you-pay-for-premium","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/2024\/03\/08\/you-can-write-long-form-articles-on-x-if-you-pay-for-premium\/","title":{"rendered":"You can write long-form articles on X if you pay for Premium+"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Journalists, creators and long-winded VCs on X now have a new way to be exhausting on main. X now allows verified organizations and Premium+ subscribers to <a data-i13n=\"cpos:1;pos:1\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Write\/status\/1765884209527394325\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:publish long-form;cpos:1;pos:1;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \"><\/a> \u201cArticles.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The feature adds a basic text-editing interface that includes embedded media and some text formatting options, like the ability to make bulleted lists. It also appears that articles can be longer than the 25,000-character limit currently in place for premium subscribers\u2019 \u201clonger posts\u201d feature. According to my initial tests, I hit the character limit for articles at just over 100,000 characters or about 15,000 words.<\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s what the editing interface looks like:<\/p>\n<figure class=\"caas-figure\">\n<div class=\"caas-figure-with-pb\" style=\"max-height: 584px\">\n<div>\n<div class=\"caas-img-container caas-img-loader portrait\" style=\"padding-bottom:109%\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"caas-img caas-lazy has-preview\" alt=\"The text editor.\" src=\"https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/ny\/api\/res\/1.2\/bvEmq8T31knzb66NPUG3AA--\/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTk2MDtoPTEwNDI-\/https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/os\/creatr-uploaded-images\/2024-03\/34b8eca0-dce5-11ee-b7ef-d384571d45bc\"\/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"The text editor.\" src=\"https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/ny\/api\/res\/1.2\/bvEmq8T31knzb66NPUG3AA--\/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTk2MDtoPTEwNDI-\/https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/os\/creatr-uploaded-images\/2024-03\/34b8eca0-dce5-11ee-b7ef-d384571d45bc\" class=\"caas-img\"\/><\/noscript><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><figcaption class=\"caption-collapse\"><span class=\"caption-credit\"> Screenshot via X<\/span><\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Notably, Twitter began working on longer form posts long before Elon Musk\u2019s takeover of the company. The company showed off an early version, originally called \u201cNotes\u201d<a data-i13n=\"cpos:2;pos:1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.engadget.com\/twitter-notes-longform-193057651.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:in 2022;cpos:2;pos:1;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \"><\/a>, as it looked to lure newsletter writers and other creators to the service. Musk confirmed <a data-i13n=\"cpos:3;pos:1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.engadget.com\/twitter-is-working-on-new-publishing-tools-for-long-form-articles-185302573.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:last summer;cpos:3;pos:1;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \"><\/a>that the publishing tools were still in the works.<\/p>\n<p>The rollout of publishing tools is notable as Musk has often been hostile to journalists on his platform. Last year, Musk directed a change to X\u2019s recommendation algorithm so that links to newsletter platform Substack would <a data-i13n=\"cpos:4;pos:1\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mtaibbi\/status\/1758230628355485979?s=20\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:not appear;cpos:4;pos:1;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \"><\/a> in users\u2019 \u201cFor You\u201d feeds, which has throttled many independent writers\u2019 reach on the service. X also <a data-i13n=\"cpos:5;pos:1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.engadget.com\/x-starts-removing-headlines-from-posted-links-011446351.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:stripped headlines;cpos:5;pos:1;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \"><\/a> from news stories shared on the platform last fall (headlines eventually returned, in a much smaller font).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/>[ad_2]<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.engadget.com\/you-can-write-long-form-articles-on-x-if-you-pay-for-premium-005707599.html?src=rss\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] Journalists, creators and long-winded VCs on X now have a new way to be exhausting on main. 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