The American social media platform that鈥檚 grown increasingly popular with Thais, though still lagging behind Facebook, Instagram and possibly TikTok now, today launched a dual-language account for Thais to stay updated.
Introducing @this morning, Twitter celebrated its launch with a unique emoji of two Thai children performing a wai. The emoji will appear automatically when specific hash tags are used: #喔抚喔编釜喔斷傅喔椸抚喔脆笗喙喔曕腑喔｀箤, #喔椸抚喔脆笗喙喔曕腑喔｀箤喔涏福喔班箑喔椸辅喙勦笚喔, #喔⑧复喔權笖喔掂笗喙夃腑喔權福喔编笟喔椸抚喔脆笗喙喔曕腑喔｀箤喙勦笚喔, #喔抚喔编釜喔斷傅喔椸抚喔脆笗喙喔曕腑喔｀箤喔涏福喔班箑喔椸辅喙勦笚喔 (#SawasdeeTwitter, #TwitterThailand, #WelcomeTwitterThailand, and #HelloTwitterThailand).
https://twitter.com/TwitterThailand/status/1260399485907320832
鈥淭hailand is a key market for Twitter in Southeast Asia and we鈥檙e very excited to launch @TwitterThailand today. The power of Twitter is its audience; they have a discovery mindset, are influential and are incredibly passionate,鈥 Arvinder Gujral, Twitter鈥檚 Southeast Asia managing director, said in the announcement. 鈥淲ith @TwitterThailand, we are looking forward to connecting with our Thai users, sharing what鈥檚 happening and engaging in some stimulating and locally relevant conversations.鈥
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