Twitter Provides New, Simplified Choice to Pin a Timeline of Newest Tweets

Twitter’s seeking to make it simpler for folks to entry the newest tweets from customers that they observe, with a brand new choice to pin a ‘Latest Tweets’ timeline, so you’ll be able to merely swipe throughout to see an algorithm-free tweet feed.

As you’ll be able to see right here, now, once you faucet on the star icon to view tweets in reverse chronological order, you’ll even have the choice to pin your ‘Newest’ timeline, which can then add it as a swipeable, everlasting different feed.

That addresses person requires a reverse chronological tweet feed, and whereas Twitter has had this sorting possibility available to users since 2018, the added capability to create a separate, real-time stream of your newest tweets will make it an much more accessible consideration, offering a better strategy to keep away from algorithm sorting.

Which, curiously sufficient, is what former CEO Jack Dorsey primarily proposed final August, with this tweet.

Which was slightly odd on the time, as a result of Dorsey was nonetheless accountable for the app. Like, if he noticed such worth on this possibility, why not make it an precise, native tweet addition, versus utilizing a third-party app?

Which is what Twitter has now carried out – which it truly launched to some users back in October, although in a barely totally different type.

Now, all customers may have the choice to create a swipeable ‘Newest’ feed, in the event that they select, versus it being robotically added. So in case you like the present feed, no downside, however if you would like the choice to take a look at the newest tweets as they arrive by, you may as well do this.

How well-liked it is going to be is troublesome to guess. Twitter’s swap to a default algorithm feed has been efficient, with tweet engagement steadily rising because it rolled out the choice, which presents your tweets based mostly on total engagement, in addition to your private interactive behaviors within the app.

However on the identical time, many Twitter customers view the algorithm-defined feed as being opposite to what Twitter is all about, in highlighting the newest information and updates in real-time. Because of this, requires the elimination of the Twitter algorithm have persevered over time, and though, as famous, Twitter has supplied an possibility to modify over to a ‘Newest’ feed for the previous three years, the truth that your stream reverts to the algorithm, and that you could’t set ‘Newest’ because the default, has annoyed some customers.

This could tackle these considerations – as long as customers realize it.

At least, it ought to assist to quell some angst over the algorithm-defined feed, by offering a easy choice to keep away from tweet rating in case you select.