Boing Boing, with a couple bad words, which I am censoring because I’d like this to actually get to your inbox: A plugin to force Twitter to respect your settings and stop showing you “top” tweets. “Twitter has a setting that (nominally) allows you to turn off its default of showing you ‘top’ tweets (as […]
Slate: Twitter Has Finally Made It Easy to Set Your Timeline to Reverse-Chronological. “Almost three years ago, Twitter introduced one of the most controversial changes in its history. It began using a ranking algorithm to decide what tweets people would see at the top of their timeline. Until then, it had (with some exceptions) simply […]
Popular Science: Twitter will let you see your feed in chronological order again—here’s how and why. “Since 2016, following someone on Twitter has been an unexpectedly complicated affair. What was previously a reverse-chronological feed of every tweet, picture, gif, threat, misguided political opinion, or dad joke became algorithm-driven chaos designed to steer you toward tweets […]
CNET: Snapchat brings back chronological feed (for some people). “Non-chronological social media feeds are condemned by most reasonable human beings. Facebook did it, Instagram did it, even Twitter is experimenting with different looks on a platform that’s supposed to be about the here and now.”
TechCrunch: Instagram will show more recent posts due to algorithm backlash. “Instagram isn’t quite bringing back the chronological feed, but it will show more new posts and stop suddenly bumping you to the top of the feed while you’re scrolling. ‘With these changes, your feed will feel more fresh, and you won’t miss the moments […]