In case you missed the announcement and subsequent tweetstorm over the weekend, here's a quick brief to get you up to date.
Twitter users were furious last Friday, and for good reason, when the company announced it was moving away from chronologically ordered tweets toward a more timeline à la Facebook look. Of course, the company is redesigning Twitter's look (much) what it's planning to do WILL significantly change the core of what the platform is.
See, we reported back in December of last year that Twitter was testing out a new algorithm-based structure on certain users, one that, instead of showing your tweets in reverse chronological order, prioritizes trends and topics you follow to "face the best content". At the time, users complained that this new format even included tweets from users they weren't following and which weren't sponsored.
The Verge reported on Saturday that the new timeline will consist of two parts as it were. At the top will be the "While you were away" section, that gathers the most important tweets you missed while you were logged out. This is of course is where the algorithm comes in, which decides what shows up based on your interests and Twitter habits. Below all of this, the timeline will continue as before in reverse chronological order.
However, plenty of testers are still quick to point out that this horribly muddles up event coverage, especially while trying to follow users live-tweeting. Thankfully, and we hope this is true, you can reportedly opt out of this new timeline, though we'll only know for sure once the the feature is updated.
And speaking of updates, Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey tweeted yesterday, in an attempt to calm some of the outrage over the change.
While that does indicate Twitter will be the same next week, note that Dorsey doesn't deny the changes being planned for the future. And that future could be as soon as next month. In the meantime, #RIPTwitter is kicking up a tweetstorm across the social network.
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