Dive Brief:
- Three weeks after Twitter launched its native video feature, brands have been slow to adopt.
- Tide was—at the time of this article—the only real brand that had attempted any content with Twitter's native video feature.
- Several high profile Twitter users and celebrities have posted with the new feature including comedian Amy Schumer and entrepreneur Gary Varnerchuck, who uses it to respond to followers.
It's wool & it's surprisingly washable, this @charlotteronson look is straight from the runway. #MBFW #TideChic #NYFW pic.twitter.com/r5Gh3IDUmt
— Tide (@tide) February 14, 2015
@Jason_Reads pic.twitter.com/gwvSEiMlH5
— Amy Schumer (@amyschumer) February 11, 2015
@georgeTHEarab pic.twitter.com/WU8d9CTM6D
— Gary Vaynerchuk (@garyvee) February 17, 2015
Dive Insight:
Twitter's native video feature adds a bit of convenience, but the production quality is quite low. It's not all that much harder to create a video in a different, more video-centric app and upload it to Twitter, so it's uncertain whether this feature will really take off. If more high-profile users and brands don't adopt it, then users likely won't either—though new social features and platforms can take some time to gain traction. Though if a marketer is able to use the feature in a creative way that can't already be done on say, Vine or Instagram, then Twitter's video option can still prove its worth.