new Delhi: Twitter recently made an unnecessary change that made it difficult to view chronological feeds by default, leaving millions of users frustrated, but now the firm has announced that it will bring things back to the way they used to be. Were. Twitter said in a tweet on its support account, “We hear you – some of you always want to see the latest tweets first, we’ve changed the timeline back and the tabbed experience for now to explore other options.” has been removed.”
Now, the ‘Latest Tweets’ tab has been removed from the iPhone app and users will get back the old Home tab with the option to show the latest Tweets at the top in chronological order.
Twitter spokesperson Shaoki Amado said in a statement to The Verge, “We take feedback seriously and in this case, we’ve heard that the new Pinned Home and Latest isn’t giving you that level of control over your timeline. “
Twitter first began rolling out its algorithmic timeline in 2016 and in 2018 introduced a sparkle icon for users to toggle between algorithmic and reverse chronological feeds.
Meanwhile, Twitter has announced that it is testing new accessibility features to make alt text descriptions more useful and prominent for everyone on the platform.
With the change, images with details will be given a badge saying ‘Alt’ and clicking on that badge will show the details.
Change has been a long time coming, but it’s no surprise—Twitter didn’t have a dedicated accessibility team until 2020.
According to Twitter, about 3 percent of users will get a chance to try out the new features for a month and it will roll out globally in early April.
first published:March 15, 2022, 5:20 pm