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People are using Twitter's new audio tweet feature to mostly troll and joke

Dumb tweets, now in audio!

Tim Marcin

on June 17, 2020

Twitter dropped a new feature on Wednesday, effectively allowing people to tweet voice memos. As with anything on Twitter, the jokes soon followed.

As of right now, only some users seem to have access to the feature, which has only been rolled out for iOS. It lets you record up to 140 seconds of audio and then tweet it out in a post that looks pretty much like any other tweet.

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People are already getting creative and using it for just about anything but dictating normal tweets. The jokes will probably get even better with time as people think of new (probably dumb) ways to make you laugh with audio tweets. But for now, here are a few of our favorites.

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1. Finally.

2. Guess who.

3. Tell 'em

4. OK, fine, yes this tribute to Michael Scott is by me.

5. Literally just a good cat, to be honest

6. Pretty good

7. A very old school troll

8. A Seinfeld reference

9. Another answering machine joke

10. Relatable AF, to be honest

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Tim Marcin

Associate Editor, Culture

Tim Marcin is an Associate Editor on the culture team at Mashable, where he mostly digs into the weird parts of the internet. You'll also see some coverage of memes, tech, sports, trends, and the occasional hot take. You can find him on Bluesky (sometimes), Instagram (infrequently), or eating Buffalo wings (as often as possible).