{"id":14834,"date":"2019-04-18T02:10:22","date_gmt":"2019-04-18T02:10:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rsoftsolution.com\/blog\/twitter-acqui-hires-highlight-sharing-app-highly.html"},"modified":"2019-04-18T02:10:22","modified_gmt":"2019-04-18T02:10:22","slug":"twitter-acqui-hires-highlight-sharing-app-highly","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rbsitsoftwaresolution.in\/blog\/twitter-acqui-hires-highlight-sharing-app-highly.html","title":{"rendered":"Twitter acqui-hires highlight-sharing app Highly"},"content":{"rendered":"

Quotes from articles are much more eye-catching than links on Twitter, <\/a> so the social giant is scooping up the team<\/a> behind highlight-sharing app Highly<\/a>. This talent could help Twitter build its own version of Highly or develop other ways to excerpt the best content from websites and get it into the timeline.<\/p>\n

Twitter confirmed to TechCrunch that the deal was an acqui-hire, and a spokesperson provided this statement: \u201cWe are excited to welcome the Highly team to Twitter. Their expertise will accelerate our product and design thinking around making Twitter more conversational.\u201d We\u2019ve asked about what data portability options Highly will offer.<\/p>\n

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Highly will shut down its iOS and Slack app on April 26th, though it promises that \u201cNo highlights will be harmed.\u201d It\u2019s also making its paid \u201cCrowd Control\u201d for private highlight sharing plus Highly For Teams free in the meantime.<\/p>\n

\u201cSocial highlights can make sharing stories online feel personal, efficient and alive\u200a\u2014\u200alike retelling a story to a friend, over coffee. They give people shared context and spark meaningful conversations,\u201d the Highly team writes.<\/p>\n

Quotes can make the difference between someone breezing past a link they don\u2019t want to leave Twitter to explore, and getting a peek at what\u2019s smart about an article so they know if it\u2019s worth diving deeper. Many people use OneShot to generate Twitter-formatted screenshots of posts. But Highly lets you just rub your finger over text to turn it into an image with a link back to the article for easy tweeting. You could also search an archive of your past highlights, and follow curators who spot the best quotes. Its browser extensions and native app let you highlight from wherever you read.<\/p>\n

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Get Highly before Twitter shuts down its appshttps:\/\/t.co\/3yLbfWW25l<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/xAEMG7oJai<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Josh Constine (@JoshConstine) April 17, 2019<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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\u201cSharing highlights, not headlines\u200a\u2014\u200asharing thinking instead of lazily linking\u200a\u2014\u200ahelps spark the kind of conversation that leaves participants and observers alike a bit better off than they started. We\u2019d like to see more of this,\u201d the Highly teams writes. That\u2019s why it\u2019s joining Twitter to work on improving conversation health. Founded in 2014, Highly had raised a seed round in 2017.<\/p>\n

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Twitter\u2019s shift to algorithmic ranking of the timeline means every tweet has to compete to be seen. Blasting out links that are a chore to open and read can lead to low engagement, causing Twitter to show it to fewer people. Tools like Highly can give tweeters a leg up. And if Twitter can build these tools right into its service, it could allow more people to create appealing tweets so they actually feel heard.<\/p>\n

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