Twitter has been with us for more than 10 years and, although it is true that companies must modernize, the truth is that the faithful group of Twitter users asks for less changes (or, at least, changes in the right direction).
In recent years, we have experienced the arrival of the longest Tweets, something you may have liked more or less. But also We have seen the arrival of restrictions when using third-party applications for Twitter, after allowing it for years.
But there is a subject that many have criticized to the full, the end of the pure chronology of our timeline. For a long time, Twitter has been showing us “the best Tweets first”. Selection of the different Tweets (“likes” of people that you follow, the most retweeted, etc.), that appear ahead in our timeline, without following a chronological order.
You may like it more or less, but the truth is that Twitter also gave no choice. Deactivating the option “Show the best tweets first” in the settings continued to alter the chronology of the timeline with relevant Tweets that you may not have seen and other Tweets that, according to Twitter algorithms, may interest you. Of course, also ads.
1 / We’re working on new ways to give you more control over your timeline. But first, some context: Twitter helps you see what’s happening by showing the best Tweets for you based on your interactions.https: //t.co/H5nuhQy3r2
– Twitter Support (@TwitterSupport) September 17, 2018
But yesterday, the official Twitter support account announced the news that is coming to our timeline and that will allow us better control of what we see.
Thus, after making it clear that they want to show you the best Tweets and not the last ones, they have decided to listen to the criticism and they will allow – they do not say when – toggle between a view of the best Tweets and a view where only the last Tweets are shown in reverse chronological order. This option will start testing soon in the official apps.
In addition, they also tell us that, by deactivating “Show the best Tweets first”, we will no longer see “in case you missed it”, nor recommendations from people we don't follow.
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