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Chronological chaos: Twitter experiments with out-of-order timelines

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Twitter is testing an alternative to reverse-chronological order, apparently shuffling tweets by algorithm instead.</p><p>
As Motherboard reports (http://motherboard.vice.com/en_uk/read/twitter-is-testing-timelines-that-arent-in-chronological-order), some users have been publicly wondering why their timelines are out of order. In a statement, Twitter confirmed that those users are part of an experiment. “We’re continuing to explore ways to surface the best content for people using Twitter,” the company said.</p><p>
Breaking chronology isn’t entirely new for Twitter. In January, the social network introduced recaps (https://blog.twitter.com/2015/while-you-were-away-0) in its mobile apps, showing popular tweets that users might not have seen in their timelines earlier. But these summaries, which appear under a “While you were away” heading, can be dismissed if users want to jump straight to reverse-chronological order.</p><p class="jumpTag"><a href="/article/3012570/software-social/twitter-experiments-with-out-of-order-timelines.html#jump">To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here[/url]</p></section></article>

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