Twitter Users Blast Reported Plan To Change Display Of Tweets

Twitter Users Blast Reported Plan To Change Display Of Tweets

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Many Twitter users responded angrily after a published report said the company is planning to change how tweets are displayed. The BuzzFeed article said Twitter will switch this week to a curated timeline, based on an algorithm that determines what people want to see. Tweets are currently displayed in reverse chronological order. Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey says no such change is happening this week, but he didn’t deny that it may happen.

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