Then, underneath, you’ll see the old school format of tweets in chronological order. After being away for some time, Twitter will display the tweets you are most likely interested in based on the popularity of the message or of the people you follow.
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That gives more prominence to those that advertisers pay for, but has been widely criticised by users leading to #RIPTwitter trending.
The user base in the fourth quarter remained stalled at 320 million Monthly Active Users (MAUs) which is the same as the third quarter, although increased from 292 million during the same period a year ago.
Twitter announced the changes Wednesday as it tries to stay relevant in the face of stiff competition from Facebook, Snapchat and other services. The troubled company, which lost four top executives last month, posted a net loss of $90 million on $710 million in revenues for the quarter.
This will be an opt-in feature and not a mandatory one, something which is welcome news to several users.
While the company said it is taking additional steps – including launching changes to the timeline of tweets earlier Wednesday – it told investors not to expect immediate results.
Twitter made a major change this week. But apparently, a lot of people are confused about how Twitter works, so by highlighting tweets that are less live, it will also make Twitter less confusing?
Twitter has essentially seen nothing but growth since its creation.
Twitter shares skidded to all-time lows on Thursday after its quarterly update failed to ease concerns that the messaging platform’s growth initiatives are sputtering.
Twitter habitually makes losses and it was in the red by $90m (£62m) in the fourth quarter, though this was 28% down year-on-year. The problem, Dorsey admitted, is that in some ways Twitter still is not intuitive to use, and it has quirks that new users find hard to grasp.
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