Show Me the Best Tweets First: Twitter Wants Timeline to Act Like Facebook's News Feed
Now, users can choose to have an experience that surfaces "the best Tweets" that they've missed, regardless of time, atop timeline.
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Twitter announced an update Wednesday morning that could signal the eventual death of the reverse-chronological timeline.
Now, users can choose to have an experience that surfaces “the best Tweets” that they’ve missed, regardless of time, atop timeline. Twitter has been testing a non-chronological timeline, with mixed reviews from users. This is the official rollout for iOS, Android and Web.
Though some users have found the non-chronological timeline a bit confusing, Twitter senior engineering manager Mike Jahr said that it had led to higher amounts of retweets and engagement:
We’ve already seen that people who use this new feature tend to Retweet and Tweet more, creating more live commentary and conversations, which is great for everyone.
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