SAN FRANCISCO: Twitter said on Friday it would start reconfiguring users' timelines with 'relevant' messages from people they
haven't bothered to follow at the service.
Based on a positive response from its tests, the popular one-to-many messaging service is inching toward the Facebook model of using software to 'curate' what users see based on their interests or activities, Twitter said in a
blog post.
"In many cases, the best Tweets come from people you already know, or know of," the San Francisco-based company said.
"But, there are times when you might miss out on Tweets we think you'd enjoy."
Twitter said the plan, which has drawn resistance from some users, remained a 'timeline experiment' and might not make it to 100% of users.
It said, however, that for now, users would not be able to opt out of the feature.
http://m.timesofindia.com/tech/social/Twitter-spices-timelines-with-unasked-for-tweets/articleshow/44865909.cms
haven't bothered to follow at the service.
Based on a positive response from its tests, the popular one-to-many messaging service is inching toward the Facebook model of using software to 'curate' what users see based on their interests or activities, Twitter said in a
blog post.
"In many cases, the best Tweets come from people you already know, or know of," the San Francisco-based company said.
"But, there are times when you might miss out on Tweets we think you'd enjoy."
Twitter said the plan, which has drawn resistance from some users, remained a 'timeline experiment' and might not make it to 100% of users.
It said, however, that for now, users would not be able to opt out of the feature.
http://m.timesofindia.com/tech/social/Twitter-spices-timelines-with-unasked-for-tweets/articleshow/44865909.cms
