If you are here it is because you have surely seen a misleading post about X (Twitter) and you want to put a community note denying it or providing context. Well, then we’ll explain it to you 2 ways to insert a community note: writing the note yourself the ask another user to do it.
Write your own Community Note on X (Twitter)
The first thing you need to know is that if you want to write a community note on X (Twitter), first You need to complete a series of steps that will take a long time. That’s right, you can’t just press a button and start writing community notes.
To begin with, you must register as a collaborator from the community notes on X (Twitter). You can do so by clicking the button below. Keep that in mind Your X (Twitter) account must meet the following requirements be accepted:
- Have not broken X (Twitter) rules since 01/01/2023.
- Your account must have been created more than 6 months ago.
- Have a verified phone number on file from a trusted company.
Once you sign up for Community Notes, You will have to wait for X (Twitter) to send you an email to inform you that you are already a contributor. After receiving confirmation, you will not be able to start writing community notes yet. And that’s what now you have to do it Unlock the ability to write notes of the community.
When you start collaborating on X (Twitter), First of all, you will only be able to rate notes written by other users.. And this is something you have to do to earn points. «Rating impact». These points are earned by indicating whether a note you read in X was useful to you or not (the button will appear under Notes when you are already a contributor).
Well, X rewards you with 1 point on your «Rating impact» if you helped qualify a note as useful before it reached its final state. If you marked the note as useful and it ultimately turned out not to be useful, you will be deducted 1 point.
Finally, when you reach 5 points «Rating impact» you will gain the ability to write notes. Now you will have a «Impact of Writing» which you should take care of (providing useful Notes supported by verified information) in order not to lose the ability to write Community Notes… And how are they added? Well, following these steps:
- Search for the publication (the tweet) to which you want to give a community note.
- Click on menu button (•••) of the publication.
- Continues Write a community note and that’s it, just start writing it.
Request the community note for someone else to write
Now, if you do not want to participate in the Community Notes program from X (Twitter), but you still want a post to receive the respective note, there is something you can do. And recently a button was added to allow you to do that ask a collaborator of X to write a Note of the Community in a tweet.
This is a faster option if you need to debunk a misleading post or give it proper context. Additionally, no registration required and you don’t even have to write it… How is it done? Well, following these steps:
- Search for the publication (the tweet) to which you want to give a community note.
- Press on menu button (•••) of the publication.
- Click on Request community note and that’s it. Now you just have to wait for a collaborator to write it and for it to be deemed useful by the other collaborators.
Learn more | Official Community Notes Blog
