Twitter’s next update should make it less pushy to use the “For You” algorithmic timeline. Elon Musk announced this.
Next Twitter update will remember whether you were on For You (ie recommended), Following or list you made & stop switching you back to recommended tweets
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) January 21, 2023
The app will reportedly “stop switching you back to recommended tweets” and remember which section the user last viewed: For You (recommended), Reading, or a user-created list.
Until last month, Twitter had a button that allowed you to specify which version of the timeline the user wanted to use. This option disappeared when the company implemented an updated interface that allows you to switch between two time streams. At the same time, the application opened on the algorithmic ribbon by default.
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Musk also says that going forward, users will be able to organize the top bar by creating their own order of For You, Reading, and other pinned lists.
Coming feature
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) January 21, 2023
Additionally, Elon Musk wrote that Twitter will launch a new “more expensive” Blue subscription, which will allow you to work with the platform without viewing ads. The current Twitter Blue subscription for $7.99 a month promises 50% fewer ads than what regular “unverified people” see, although this feature has yet to be implemented.
Also, there will be a higher priced subscription that allows zero ads
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) January 21, 2023
A more expensive ad-free subscription could be Twitter’s answer to Blue’s disappointing follower count and a 40 percent drop in ad revenue on the platform. In addition to the new tariff, Musk says Twitter is also working to reduce the frequency and size of ads on the service.
There is no word yet on how much the new ad-free subscription plan might cost or when it might launch.
Source: The Verge 1, 2
