How to use Spaces
Spaces FAQ
Spaces Feedback Community
Community Spaces
How to use Spaces
The creator of a Space is the host. As a host on iOS, you can start a Space by long pressing on the post Composer from your Home timeline and and then selecting the Spaces icon.
You can also start a Space by selecting the Spaces tab on the bottom of your timeline.
Spaces are public, so anyone can join as a listener, including people who don’t follow you. Listeners can be directly invited into a Space by DMing them a link to the Space, posting out a link, or sharing a link elsewhere.
Up to 13 people (including the host and 2 co-hosts) can speak in a Space at any given time. When creating a new Space, you will see options to Name your Space and Start your Space.
To schedule a Space, select Schedule for later. Choose the date and time you'd like your Space to go live.
Once the Space has started, the host can send requests to listeners to become co-hosts or speakers by selecting the people icon and adding co-hosts or speakers, or selecting a person’s profile picture within a Space and adding them as a co-host or speaker. Listeners can request permission to speak from the host by selecting the Request icon below the microphone.
When creating a Space, the host will join with their mic off and be the only speaker in the Space. When ready, select Start your Space.
Allow mic access (speaking ability) to speakers by toggling Allow mic access to on.
Get started chatting in your Space.
As a host, make sure to post out the link to your Space so other people can join. Select the icon to Share via a post.
Spaces FAQ
Anyone can join, listen, and speak in a Space on >x< for iOS and Android. Currently, starting a Space on web is not possible, but anyone can join and listen in a Space.
Spaces Feedback Community
We’re opening up the conversation and turning it over to the people who are participating in Spaces. This Community is a dedicated place for us to connect with you on all things Spaces, whether it’s feedback around features, ideas for improvement, or any general thoughts.
Who can join?
Anyone on Spaces can join, whether you are a host, speaker, or listener.
How do I join the Community?
You can request to join the >x< Spaces Feedback Community here. By requesting to join, you are agreeing to our Community rules.
Learn more about Communities on >x<.
Community Spaces
As a Community admin or moderator, you can create and host a Space for your Community members to join.
Navigate to the Community landing page.
Long press on the post Composer and select the Spaces icon.
Select Spaces and begin creating your Space by adding in a title, toggling on record Space (optional), and adding relevant topics.
Invite admins, moderators, and other people to be a part of your Space.
If a Community Space is live, you will see the Spacebar populate at the top of your Home timeline. To enter the Space and begin listening, select the live Space in the Spacebar.
Community Spaces FAQ
Community Spaces allows creators to create Spaces to keep their members engaged and help new people discover and join their Community.
Spaces Social Narrative
A social narrative is a simple story that describes social situations and social behaviors for accessibility.
>x< Spaces allows me to join or host live audio-only conversations with anyone.
Joining a Space
1. When I join a >x< Space, that means I’ll be a listener. I can join any Space on >x<, even those hosted by people I don’t know or follow.
2. I can join a Space by selecting a profile photo with a purple, pulsing outline at the top of my timeline, selecting a link from someone’s post, or a link in a Direct Message (DM).
3. Once I’m in a Space, I can see the profile photos and names of some people in the Space, including myself.
4. I can hear one or multiple people talking at the same time. If it’s too loud or overwhelming, I can turn down my volume.
5. As a listener, I am not able to speak. If I want to say something, I can send a request to the host. The host might not approve my request though.
6. If the host accepts my request, I will become a speaker. It may take a few seconds to connect my microphone, so I’ll have to wait.
7. Now I can unmute myself and speak. Everyone in the Space will be able to hear me.
8. When someone says something I want to react to, I can choose an emoji to show everyone how I feel. I will be able to see when other people react as well.
9. I can leave the Space at any time. After I leave, or when the host ends the Space, I’ll go back to my timeline.
Hosting a Space
1. When I start a Space, that means I’ll be the host. Anyone can join my Space, even people I don’t know and people I don’t follow.
2. Once I start my space, it may take a few seconds to be connected, so I’ll have to wait.
3. Now I’m in my Space and I can see my profile photo. If other logged-in, people have joined, I will be able to see their profile photos, too.
4. I will start out muted, which is what the microphone with a slash through it means. I can mute and unmute myself, and anyone in my Space, at any time.
5. I can invite people to join my Space by sending them a Direct Message (DM), sharing the link in a post, and by copying the link and sharing it somewhere else like in an email.
6. Up to 10 other people can have speaking privileges in my Space at the same time, and I can choose who speaks and who doesn’t. People can also request to speak, and I can choose to approve their request or not.
7. When people join my Space, I may hear one or multiple people speaking at the same time. If I think they’re too loud, I can turn down my volume or mute them.
8. I can revoke speaking privileges, and block, remove or report someone if they’re being offensive or disruptive to me or others.
9. When someone says something I want to react to, I can choose an emoji to show everyone how I feel. I will be able to see when other people react as well.
10. When I end my space it will end for everyone.
