Following In the footsteps of Facebook looks like Twitter plans to have the twitter feeds of its users by using algorithms to filter. So the user would have more ‘relevant’ tweets for eyes should get, but such filters may meet with opposition by users.
According to GigaOM has Anthony Noto, chief financial officer at Twitter, by hinting that the social network is considering using algorithms from twitter feeds of users to filter. Currently, users get tweets within, in reverse chronological order, but such a filter would change that. According to the cfo, the users would in this way more relevant tweets dished up that they may previously have missed. Facebook has been in place for some time such filters on the news feeds of its users.
If Twitter is actually pass on to the entering of such filters, the chance is significant that particularly avid Twitter users in revolt. They see unfiltered streams as one of the strongest points of the social-network service. Also recently, a research around the popular uprisings in the Us suburb of Ferguson have shown that on Facebook hardly any messages published on the topic, while on the unfiltered Twitter was tweeted about the riots. The application of “relevantiefilters’ on postings from social networks can, according to the researchers, therefore, apparent social consequences.
Twitter would be able to switch to filters to consider under the pressure of shareholders. The American company thinks so more revenue can be generated and also more users to be able to bows. Last month decided to Twitter all users, tweets to start showing from accounts that they do not follow. Also, the company with ‘buy now’buttons, and the display of reclametweets.
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