Twitter defaults to a For You web page now, similar to TikTok

Twitter is altering how you progress between the algorithmically-driven timeline and the reverse chronological one and making the algorithmic feed the default.

In a change rolling out to iOS customers first, the corporate has taken away the star button on the high proper that allow you to swap between two feeds. As a replacement are two tabs — one labeled “For You” and the opposite “Following” — and if you open the app, you’ll see the For You tab first.

For You, which shares a reputation with TikTok’s algorithmically-driven feed, is just like the outdated “Dwelling” possibility, which reveals you tweets from the individuals you observe out of order, interspersed with tweets it thinks chances are you’ll like. (This isn’t the primary time Twitter has copied a TikTok feature.) Following is what was once known as “Newest Tweets.”

Whereas the change makes it simpler to modify between them, taking a single swipe as a substitute of some faucets, there’s something that’s been misplaced — for those who set your app to indicate you the “Newest Tweets,” that may sometimes stick.

Now, nevertheless, even if you shut the app and reopen it, you’re proven the For You feed. That could be a little bit of a bummer; there are lots of people who far favor the reverse-chronological feed, and previous attempts to eliminate it or make it more durable to entry have sometimes sparked ire. Whereas this variation does technically make it simpler to get to from the algorithmic timeline, it undoubtedly makes the latter possibility more durable to disregard.

The outdated interface with the star button continues to be obtainable on Android and net, not less than for now.

The change partially makes good on a promise from Twitter CEO Elon Musk. On December twentieth, he tweeted that the “Important timeline ought to permit for a straightforward sideways swipe between high, newest, trending and subjects that you just observe,” and stated that the corporate could be “making this variation quickly.” Up to now, there’s no choice to swipe to trending and adopted subjects, although the trending web page is just a few faucets away within the search menu.