Twitter's new algorithmic timeline is here
As of today, Twitter became quite a bit more like Facebook - to make the service more appealing for new or casual users.
It will now display a selection of
what Twitter thinks might be the most interesting or popular tweets at the top of your timeline, rather than showing you the most recent ones, as it has done traditionally.
Here's how the new timeline works (according to Twitter's post:
http://tgcafe.it/20VT05V).
You flip on the feature in your settings (more on that below); then when you open Twitter after being away for a while, the Tweets you're most likely to care about will appear at the top of your timeline – still recent and in reverse chronological order.
The rest of the Tweets will be displayed right underneath, also in reverse chronological order, as always.
At any point, just pull-to-refresh to see all new Tweets at the top in the live, up-to-the-second experience you already know and love.
(NOTE: I don't have the option to turn on/off the new timeline in my Twitter on the web settings yet. Do you?)
You can adjust your setting for Show me the best Tweets first by doing the following:
On
twitter.com:
1. Log in to your account on
twitter.com and go to your Account settings page.
2. Under Content, look for Timeline and toggle the box next to Show me the best Tweets first to change the setting.
Twitter for iOS:
1. On your profile, tap the gear icon and select Settings.
2. Tap the account whose settings you’d like to adjust.
3. Under Timeline, tap Timeline personalization.
4. Next to Show me the best Tweets first, tap to turn it off.
Twitter for Android:
1. Tap the overflow icon
2. Tap Settings.
3. Tap Timeline.
4. Next to Show me the best Tweets first, uncheck the box to turn it off.
This update is available on Twitter’s iOS and Android apps, as well as the Web.
Last Friday, BuzzFeed reported
http://tgcafe.it/1Q9cwKv that an algorithmic timeline was coming.
This certainly got the Twitter community worked up and led to the massively trending hashtag
#RIPTwitter.
Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey responded
http://tgcafe.it/1Kc6fLw saying:
“Regarding #RIPTwitter: I want you all to know we're always listening. We never planned to reorder timelines next week.”
The new algorithmic timeline is certainly not a complete revamp of the Twitter timeline as rumored (not yet anyway), but it's certainly a decent compromise.
What think you? Thumbs up or down?
_______________________________________________________
More marketing news: http://tgcafe.it/your-marketing-news
from Ana Hoffman - Google+ Posts
http://ift.tt/20VXvgx
