Twitter is eager to get in on the podcast trend, but it doesn't really seem like the right place to listen to long-form audio shows.

Twitter is the drive-by of social platforms. You jump in for a quick hit, maybe send an ill-considered and, frankly, rude response, and then get the hell out of here. If you find a link to something with a bit more depth or context, you might save it to read later. But Twitter is not a place to get fully immersed in something without distractions. It’s like settling in to watch a Paul Thomas Anderson movie in a McDonald’s bathroom.

“Twitter has always struggled to be more than a microblogging site,” Andrew Selepak, a social media professor at the University of Florida, told Lifewire via email. “Twitter podcasts are another attempt to add something to their platform that’s been more successful elsewhere.”

Developer Jane Manchun Wong posted a screenshot of a new podcast tab found hidden in Twitter's mobile site. Wong's Twitter account has since been deleted, which may or may not have something to do with the discovery.