Twitter begins rolling out its algorithmic timeline, but it's opt-in—for now<article>
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After months of testing, rumors, and general user anxiety, Twitter is now employing an algorithm that displays some Tweets out of chronological order.</p><p>
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Show me the best Tweets first,” gathers up older tweets that Twitter thinks you might have liked seeing, based on “engagement and other factors,” and pushes them to the top of the Timeline. Below this cluster of Tweets, users will still see their Timelines in reverse chronological order, and refreshing the Timeline will instantly make the algorithmic Tweets disappear. On some level, it’s a prioritized version of the “
While you were away” that Twitter introduced a year ago.</p><p class="jumpTag"><a href="/article/3032064/software-social/twitter-begins-rolling-out-its-algorithmic-timeline-but-its-opt-infor-now.html#jump">To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here[/url]</p></section></article>
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Twitter begins rolling out its algorithmic timeline, but it's opt-in—for now
