Twitter has announced the acquisition of Quill, a messaging service launched in February of this year. The tool\'s objectives focus on productivity, making it a competitor to platforms like Discord and Slack. It\'s not yet known exactly how it will be integrated into Twitter\'s features, but Twitter has confirmed that they are testing new technological updates to optimize the user experience. In fact, the social network has demonstrated in its latest updates that it is committed to innovation, with the aim of introducing changes such as Fleets, conversation chat, and others. According to Nic Caldwell, Twitter\'s General Manager of Core Technology, the acquisition of Quill seeks to make direct messages a more useful and expressive way for people to have conversations on the service. “Ludwig Pettersson and his talented team created Quill as a fresher, more deliberate way to communicate. We’re bringing their expertise and creativity to Twitter as we work to make messaging tools like direct messages a more useful and expressive way for people to have conversations on the service,” the manager tweeted, attaching a Twitter thread where he shared the announcement welcoming QuillChat to the social network. The curious thing is that, regardless of how the platforms are linked, Quill itself will be discontinued as a standalone service. It was also announced that the platform will cease operations on Saturday, September 11th, meaning it will close its doors less than a year after launching. This isn\'t the first time Twitter has done this; its acquisition of the chat-focused messaging platform Sphere followed the same pattern.