Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey Reassures Over #RIPTwitter concerns: are living Timeline Will stay

Responding to issues, Dorsey says Twitter loves the are living movement and wants to refine it to be more live, not much less.
on February 6, 2016

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finally, Twitter has replied to the worries that its are living timeline might be replaced with the aid of one the place an algorithm chooses what to indicate. CEO Jack Dorsey has tweeted that the are living timeline will remain, topped with the aid of a “whilst you were Away” section.

From Dorsey’s series of tweets:

Dorsey’s response got here after BuzzFeed said (February 07, 2016) that an “algorithmic” timeline would be showing in the coming days, one where tweets would be sorted similar to facebook, the place a pc application tries to come to a decision what to point out.

Twitter hadn’t commented on that, although many believed that one thing like this may convey and would possibly appear as an choice, quite than a default change. still, many involved on Twitter that it might change into a permanent default exchange. That led to the #RIPTwitter hashtag to pattern, as customers protested, together with some celebrities on Twitter.

What’s complicated is that the “whilst you had been Away” feature he describes exists already — and has been there for over a 12 months.

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most likely his mention of this selection was once supposed as a reminder, however that appears bizarre. fairly, it felt more like a touch that “whilst you have been Away” or one thing identical would possibly seem on a extra constant and common basis, with the reassurance being that if individuals don’t love it, a simple pull-down will make it disappear.

probably, it can be that while you have been Away may well be blended with commercials showing up extra in that house. I’ve never observed Twitter advertisements in that spot. Making the part seem extra steadily — and with commercials — would possibly give Twitter a earnings bump that it seeks.

Postscript: Over at the Verge, Casey Newton writes about how the new timeline may work. This appears according to reports from people who’ve been a part of a test crew with non-chronological timelines for approximately a month.

in short, if you happen to’ve been away from Twitter for some set time period, you’re prone to see top tweets inserted into your main timeline, not simply on the top but perhaps in other places, as neatly. if you pull to refresh, they’d go away. And this habits, The Verge says it’s proven, would be the default with an choose-out for those who don’t find it irresistible.

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