{"id":7666,"date":"2017-07-26T20:43:02","date_gmt":"2017-07-26T20:43:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rsoftsolution.com\/blog\/twitter-adds-updates-about-interesting-links-trends-and-accounts-to-its-notifications-tab.html"},"modified":"2017-07-26T20:43:02","modified_gmt":"2017-07-26T20:43:02","slug":"twitter-adds-updates-about-interesting-links-trends-and-accounts-to-its-notifications-tab","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rbsitsoftwaresolution.in\/blog\/twitter-adds-updates-about-interesting-links-trends-and-accounts-to-its-notifications-tab.html","title":{"rendered":"Twitter adds updates about interesting links, trends and accounts to its Notifications tab"},"content":{"rendered":"


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Your Notifications tab on Twitter might be getting a little more busy. The company recently added a new feature to this section on both mobile and web, which aims to clue you into what people you follow are up to \u2013 including whether they\u2019re tweeting about a particular Twitter trend, sharing a link to a buzzing news article, or even following another user\u2019s account.<\/p>\n

If this sounds familiar, that\u2019s because Twitter\u2019s ability to track and alert you to this information has existed for years<\/a>. But before it was only delivered via push notifications. It\u2019s now appearing in the same tab where you track the activity surrounding your own account and tweets \u2013 like who\u2019s retweeting you, favoriting your tweets, or following you.<\/p>\n

This information first became available in September 2013, when\u00a0Twitter rolled out a new notification type<\/a> that aimed to help you stay \u201cin the know,\u201d it said. The feature itself had been developed via Twitter\u2019s experimental account, @MagicRecs<\/a>, where it had tested how to better personalize its service to end users. It then turned these \u201cinteresting activity\u201d recommendations into push notification on iOS and Android, which you could toggle on or off.<\/p>\n

We first noticed the new addition to the Notifications tab when a number of Twitter users began to tweet about change.<\/p>\n

Twitter confirmed with TechCrunch that the feature, which was not officially announced, rolled out to users last week across iOS, Android and web. It says its goal is to make sure that people don\u2019t miss content that may be interesting to them.<\/p>\n

Some people may have seen the feature appear as far back as late last year. That\u2019s because Twitter tests new additions like this with select groups of users before making them more broadly available. But in this case, the feature wasn\u2019t just randomly A\/B tested. Twitter says it was rolled out to certain types of users last year, before becoming available to all.<\/p>\n

While everyone technically has the feature now, that doesn\u2019t mean you\u2019ll see it all the time. The notifications themselves are triggered by signals that differ from user to user.<\/p>\n

As is often the case when it comes to Twitter product updates, not everyone is thrilled about the change. To some extent, this could be because of a bug that was sending the notifications more often than it should. This has been fixed now.<\/p>\n

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Why is this shit in my notifications @twitter<\/a> \u2026 pic.twitter.com\/xiK0v5j7tW<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Emini 19 (@GGemini19) July 23, 2017<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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This new “feature”, where Twitter notifies me that some random peole are tweeting about a random topic\u2026 sucks.<\/p>\n

\u2014 Steve Blackwood (@Bluesplinter) July 23, 2017<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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Please tell me there’s a way to remove these notifications about people following random other people\u2026<\/p>\n

\u2014 Kevin Kwok (@kevinakwok) July 23, 2017<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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Another new twitter feature no one asked for apparently pic.twitter.com\/NfRUX9iQvV<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 #CaptainGaus (@simondopp) July 22, 2017<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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I’m not loving the new @Twitter<\/a> mobile app notifications tab w a lot more “several people you follow” type notifications.<\/p>\n

\u2014 Julie F Bacchini (@NeptuneMoon) July 25, 2017<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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*obligatory fuck the new Twitter update tweet* the notifications tab sucks more now.<\/p>\n

\u2014 SpaceVikingLnk??? (@indie_grunge) July 23, 2017<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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Twitter can you not fill my notifications tab with all this crap pls pic.twitter.com\/UPw7J2UT5v<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Jamie (@JamoLockerz) July 26, 2017<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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Why oh why is Twitter putting day-old breaking news stories in my notifications tab? #nonono<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/YSHpG7YLV6<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Robert Baird (@rj_baird) July 26, 2017<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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But the larger\u00a0issue is that Twitter\u2019s Notifications tab is an area of the app users check on a regular basis to see activity associated with their content, not<\/em> what others are up to \u2013 like what subjects people are tweeting about, links they\u2019re sharing, or the people they decided to follow.<\/p>\n

Arguably, the Notifications tab is fairly busy as is, due to the way it mixes in more minor notifications \u2013 like favs and retweets \u2013 with more critical ones, like replies.<\/p>\n

But Twitter wouldn\u2019t be the first to combine updates related to your personal content with those from across your wider network, all in one area. Facebook does this, too. In its notifications section, it alerts you to a wide range of updates \u2013 including not only who liked or commented on your own posts, but also updates on ongoing threads you participated in, friends\u2019 birthdays, posts from select friends and Pages, events, and much more.<\/p>\n

Instagram, on the other hand, separates out the activity from your wider network under the \u201cFollowing\u201d tab of its notifications section (under the heart icon), which makes it easier to see just the activity around your own posts within its \u201cYou\u201d section.<\/p>\n

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Above: Nuzzel\u2019s app<\/em><\/p>\n

It makes sense that Twitter would move more deeply into this area, given there\u2019s already a market for \u201cpersonalized top news\u201d pulled from Twitter.<\/p>\n

For example, third-party app Nuzzel<\/a> works with your Twitter account to highlight the links your friends are sharing. It\u2019s a useful way of finding what\u2019s popular, without having to tediously scroll through your Twitter Timeline.<\/p>\n

With this new feature, however, Twitter could reduce the need for Nuzzel.<\/p>\n

As for the user backlash, it comes down to the challenges Twitter faces in building features to aid newcomers, which can impact its growth and bottom line. These changes tend upset its longtime power users, who aren\u2019t in as much need of discovery tools.<\/p>\n

There is some good news if you fall into that latter camp, though.<\/p>\n

Twitter says if you don\u2019t want these new notifications, you can tap on the down arrow next to the notification and choose \u201csee less often.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Featured Image: Jaap Arriens\/NurPhoto\/Getty Images<\/small><\/p>\n

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