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Tsutarja March 20th, 2016 12:48 PM

What the hell, twitter!
 
So twitter did in fact introduce algorithmic timelines for its users, and apparently it's turned on by default now. What do you guys think of this move, especially considering that it's now pretty much like Facebook (where content they think you'll enjoy comes first).

EC March 20th, 2016 3:36 PM

I don't care because it took me 3 seconds to turn off. Just glad they decided against introducing that 14,000 character limit.

Tsutarja March 21st, 2016 3:58 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by EvilChameleon (Post 9172379)
I don't care because it took me 3 seconds to turn off. Just glad they decided against introducing that 14,000 character limit.

The problem is that you're going to have lots of users who won't even notice anything or might be clueless on how to disable it, unless twitter actually made an announcement on how to disable it and I missed something.

And yes, I do agree that twitter should keep the 140-character limit, or at least increase it slightly more.

Harmonie March 21st, 2016 5:21 PM

I would say it's annoying, but at least there is that option to turn it off. Facebook gives you the 'option', but eventually reverts back. That's annoying.

Meganium March 21st, 2016 6:01 PM

Is it supposed to be on for ALL users? Because I don't see the difference.

Hikamaru March 21st, 2016 7:03 PM

I don't think I've seen this feature yet, but I'd definitely disable it. That's at least what makes Twitter more tolerable than Facebook in that regard.

Tsutarja March 22nd, 2016 11:09 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Minerva (Post 9174038)
Is it supposed to be on for ALL users? Because I don't see the difference.

It was enabled by default for me, and I haven't logged into twitter for ages when I noticed the change.

Palamon March 22nd, 2016 5:29 PM

Already disabled it the second I was notified. I don't need a robot timeline.

Morgnarok March 23rd, 2016 11:17 AM

I haven't used social media since myspace/facebook. I know of twitter but have never really used it. Same for all this other crap kids use and call like kik and some type of photo social media site.

Astinus March 24th, 2016 2:49 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Minerva (Post 9174038)
Is it supposed to be on for ALL users? Because I don't see the difference.

Yeah, I still haven't seen any difference yet. There's no change on my timeline, and there's no option yet under my settings about it. I'm on Twitter multiple times a day, so it's weird that I haven't changed over yet.

Once it does happen, I'll be opting out of it, but for now I'll just be happy that I haven't been hit yet.

Bay March 24th, 2016 6:11 PM

I use Tweet Deck so I don't think I have to be worried about the algorithmic timeline hitting there. I checked Twitter for a few seconds though and I think mine got affected, so I changed my settings.

Guest123_x1 March 24th, 2016 7:55 PM

I don't have a Twitter account of my own, but I do look at other's accounts every so often.
I don't know what they think they're going to accomplish by switching to randomized sorting of tweets. The changes these social networking platforms are doing is the reason why I don't bother with having my own Twitter or Facebook account anymore.

The biggest rational behind any major social networking platform update, especially by Facebook and Twitter, is presumably so they "don't end up like MySpace." After all, both networks are publicly traded companies, and they must answer to what Wall Street bankers (including those at Goldman Sachs, JPMorgan Chase, and Citigroup) and traders/shareholders want of them, even if it's not what the vast majority of users want. Things would probably be a lot different if social networking companies were sole proprietorships, partnerships, or even LLCs (unincorporated limited liability companies).


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