Twitter has launched Communities — a new interest-based feature that’s mostly similar to what you get with Facebook Groups and subreddits on Reddit. Instead of tweeting to your followers, Communities will let you tweet your thoughts and voice your opinions to a like-minded audience.
Twitter Communities are public, but there’s a catch. While you can view all the tweets in a Community, you will need an invite to participate in the discussion, at least for now. A member will get five invitations to invite more participants.
You will see a new Community tab on Twitter for iOS and web once you have joined a Community. The feature is currently available as a read-only version on Android. However, Twitter promises to make Communities fully functional on Android soon.
