Twitter’s Notifications Tab Just Got Much More Crowded

Twitter began testing the changes to notifications with 'certain types of users' last year

Twitter quietly tweaked its notifications tab in its flagship iOS and Android applications and the web.

Twitter confirmed the update to Social Pro Daily, saying that it began testing the additional notifications with “certain types of users” last year before launching the feature to all iOS, Android and web users last week.

The social network said the change is aimed at ensuring that users don’t miss content that they may find interesting.

Information on accounts that users follow tweeting about trending topics, sharing links or following other Twitter users—previously shared with users exclusively through push notifications—is now appearing under the same tab as information on users’ own activity and tweets, such as retweets, favorites and new followers.

Reaction was lukewarm, at best, as Sarah Perez of TechCrunch shared the following tweets about the changes to the notifications tab:

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