The planned changes to the algorithm Twitter told BuzzFeed. The information, which managed to reach the service reporters that bosses largest microblogging platform in the world plans to change the display of tweets on the boards of users. The chronological order would be replaced by an algorithm based on the popularity of individual users and the individual preferences of the owner of the account.
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These reports sparked a storm on Twitter. The weekend record of popularity on the site beat hashtag #RIPTwitter that quite suggestively indicate that the future of the most popular microblogging platform in the world is drawn in dark colors.
The reports BuzzFeed responded very quickly to Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey, who said, that Twitter listens to its users, and next week are not expected any change in the algorithm for managing the display of tweets.
Dorsey continued: “Twitter helps us make contact in a dynamic way and in real time, around the interesting trends and topics, and not in a static manner. We understand this “- wrote the president of Twitter.
Declaration Dorsey is not convinced, however, doubting the future of the site. Especially, the head of Twitter has denied reports in the BuzzFeed in an unambiguous manner. He wrote only that the algorithm change will not be made this week. In this way, not only closed the whole discussion, but even more it escalated. In particular, it would not be the first idea Dorsey to push Twitter in a new direction, which did not like the users.
10000 characters
At the beginning of the year was that the creators of the most popular microblogging service in the world seriously reflect on the increase in the number of characters in the entries from the current 140 to … 10,000. Initially, Dorsey was silent on the issue, but later he admitted that something’s up.
posted on the Twitter post, which is illustrated graphics containing 1,325 characters, the CEO of the service reminded everyone that its creators never assumed limit the number of characters in the entries to 140. They were forced to do so because of the technological limitations associated with the character limit on SMS. Initially, it was SMS were the most popular form of “peeps on Twitter.”
In his entry Dorsey also stressed that his company will not fail to feel an increase in “the power and utility of” Twitter, if in the future arises needed.
“If we decide to make changes, it in advance inform the developers so that they can prepare for this” – he said Dorsey.
Mission Impossible?
Reports on major changes for Twitter emerged in the face of an extremely difficult situation in which it is currently servicing. The new-old CEO was designed to improve the financial condition of Twitter and turn it into Spolana, which will start to make money.
The first months of Dorsey as CEO of Twitter, but it does not show. Started by his revolution did not bring the expected results so far. With companies have resorted key personnel (including Alex Roetter, Skip Schipper, Katie Stanton and Kevin Weil), and the value of the company’s shares over the last 24 months fell from $ 69 to less than $ 16.
Twitter at the entire line loses today Facebook, snapchat and Instagramem and assimilation to the site Macka Zuckerberg (eg. algorithm entries based on popularity) is unlikely to help him get back on track.
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