Twitter is testing Reddit-like conversation layout for replies

Twitter is experimenting with new ways to display conversations on its platform, trying out Reddit style flows to replies to a Tweet. First seen on Twttr, the prototype app for Twitter.com, it makes use of threaded replies that give a message board type of feel, connecting replies to the original tweeter.

Twitter to remove user accounts that have been inactive for more than 6 months

Twitter has reported that they will be removing inactive accounts on its site if the user does not sign in to their account by December 11th. Users who haven’t signed into their accounts for more than 6 months will receive an email from Twitter with information about this decision.

Twitter rolls out ‘Hide Replies’ feature globally

Update: November 22 — Twitter has started rolling out the hide replies feature globally so that users can choose to hide replies to their Tweets, after testing it back in July. Everyone can see and engage with hidden replies by tapping the gray icon that will appear on the Tweets. It has also posted things … Continue reading “Twitter rolls out ‘Hide Replies’ feature globally”

Twitter Topics makes it easier to follow conversations about any particular topic

Twitter announced in a blog post that they are introducing a new feature called Topics. This feature is designed to let users follow all the best tweets from a particular news topic that they choose. Topic suggestions will appear in your timeline and in search based on what the users tend to look for and … Continue reading “Twitter Topics makes it easier to follow conversations about any particular topic”

Twitter announces ban on all political ads on its platform starting November

Twitter’s CEO, Jack Dorsey has announced in a tweet that Twitter will no longer allow political advertising globally on the platform. In his tweet, he explains that the reason for this is that Twitter believes that “political message reach should be earned, not bought”.

Twitter will soon allow users to follow specific topics on Android

Twitter has been testing new features like ‘notification for tweet replies’, ‘subscribe to conversation’, ‘new conversation’  and more to make it more conversational. On similar lines, Twitter has announced that it’s latest test lets users to follow specific topics in the same way they follow accounts.

Twitter is testing ability to get notifications for tweet replies on iOS and Android

Twitter has announced that the company is testing the ability to get notifications for tweet replies on iOS and Android and this joins Twitter’s testing of ‘subscribe to conversation’, ‘new conversation’ features and more to make it more conversational.

Twitter is testing ‘Snooze’ feature to temporarily snooze push notifications

Twitter has been testing and introducing new features to its platform like ‘hide replies‘, ‘new conversations‘, new camera screen, ‘subscribe to conversation‘ feature and more. Similarly, according to a new report, Twitter is testing a new ‘Snooze’ feature that will allow users to temporarily snooze push notifications.

Twitter rolls out a dedicated ‘Report’ option to prevent misleading election tweets

Twitter has been working on a lot of features right now especially on curbing fake news and abusive content. In this regard, a few days back, the micro-blogging site shared the progress and changes that can be expected in the upcoming months.

Twitter to test ‘hide replies’ feature in June, outlines ‘progress’ in actions against abusive content

Micro-blogging site Twitter is working on giving users a healthier service that is free of abuse, spam and other things that distract from the public conversation. Having said that, the company today shared progress and changes that can be expected in the upcoming months.

Twitter limits number of accounts users can follow in a day from 1000 to 400 to combat spam and bots

Twitter has been seen making changes to its platform recently and in the same lines, the company has made a new change in the number of accounts that a user can follow every day.

Twitter is testing ‘subscribe to conversation’ feature

Twitter has been testing several features to  make Twitter more conversational. Now it has confirmed that it is testing a new ‘subscribe to conversation’ that would let you follow a thread without liking or replying to it. This button is present on the top right corner of threads. Clicking it will notify you when new tweets are added to … Continue reading “Twitter is testing ‘subscribe to conversation’ feature”