Twitter users decry reported plan to prioritize tweets, The hashtag #RIPTwitter became the top trending U.S. account on Twitter on Saturday, afterwards a address from BuzzFeed said the aggregation is planning to change how it displays users' tweets.
The BuzzFeed report, which went reside on Friday night and did not acknowledge the antecedent of its information, said the amusing media belvedere will alter tweets to accent those it believes added users will wish to see. Currently, Twitter arranges tweets in archival order.
The acknowledgment to the account on Twitter was overwhelmingly negative, with the hashtag #RIPTwitter suggesting abounding users of the micro-blogging website accept the changes would beggarly the afterlife of the company.
Many users were agitated that tweets from accounts with beneath followers could possibly be suppressed beneath the new system. Others complained that the changes would accomplish Twitter too abundant like Facebook, which arranges agreeable through the use of an algorithm.
"Dear Twitter, don't try to be like Facebook, we don't like Facebook #RIPTwitter," tweeted ana (@dearcalumthood) on Saturday.
"Clearly the adage 'if it ain't bankrupt don't fix it' is something @twitter isn't accustomed with #RIPTwitter," tweeted EldestSalvatore (@EldestDamon) on Saturday.
A agent for Twitter beneath to comment.
Twitter has appear beneath accretion burden to addition user growth, as it struggles to attain commercial revenues equaling those of its beyond Facebook rival.
Last month, Twitter came beneath blaze if it appear a new affection that would acquiesce users to column tweets up to 10,000 characters long, up from its antecedent absolute of 140 characters.
The BuzzFeed report, which went reside on Friday night and did not acknowledge the antecedent of its information, said the amusing media belvedere will alter tweets to accent those it believes added users will wish to see. Currently, Twitter arranges tweets in archival order.
The acknowledgment to the account on Twitter was overwhelmingly negative, with the hashtag #RIPTwitter suggesting abounding users of the micro-blogging website accept the changes would beggarly the afterlife of the company.
Many users were agitated that tweets from accounts with beneath followers could possibly be suppressed beneath the new system. Others complained that the changes would accomplish Twitter too abundant like Facebook, which arranges agreeable through the use of an algorithm.
"Dear Twitter, don't try to be like Facebook, we don't like Facebook #RIPTwitter," tweeted ana (@dearcalumthood) on Saturday.
"Clearly the adage 'if it ain't bankrupt don't fix it' is something @twitter isn't accustomed with #RIPTwitter," tweeted EldestSalvatore (@EldestDamon) on Saturday.
A agent for Twitter beneath to comment.
Twitter has appear beneath accretion burden to addition user growth, as it struggles to attain commercial revenues equaling those of its beyond Facebook rival.
Last month, Twitter came beneath blaze if it appear a new affection that would acquiesce users to column tweets up to 10,000 characters long, up from its antecedent absolute of 140 characters.
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