Twitter Is Testing a Way to Let Users Know What’s ‘Happening Now’
The module includes cards for specific events, which users can click on to see a timeline of tweets related to those events
Twitter is testing a Happening Now module atop users’ timelines that showcases popular events occurring at the time, such as sports events.
The module includes cards for specific events, which users can click on to see a timeline of tweets related to those events.
Twitter user Jae Hokes shared images of the Happening Now feature in a tweet (embedded below), and the social network confirmed the test to Kurt Wagner of Recode.
New "Happening Now" tab on $TWTR is excellent and looks great at the top of my newsfeed @jack @biz @anthonynoto @leslieberland @kcoleman pic.twitter.com/qTHPgCPyoX
— JAE HOKES (@JaeHokes) June 12, 2017
Twitter vice president of product Keith Coleman chimed in on Hokes’ tweet, saying:
Not gonna lie, it’s pretty great. Still in experiment phase, but hold tight!
Not gonna lie, it's pretty great. Still in experiment phase, but hold tight!
— Keith Coleman (@kcoleman) June 13, 2017
Image courtesy of bubaone/iStock.
