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Twitter confirmed it\u2019s planning to launch a bookmarking feature to save tweets for later reading. The addition will help users keep a separate list of items they want to refer back to, instead of using the heart (aka \u201cfavorite\u201d) button, which can indicate more of a \u201clike\u201d \u2013 similar to the \u201cthumbs up\u201d button on Facebook.<\/p>\n
The feature\u2019s impending launch was first unveiled on Twitter itself, naturally, when\u00a0head of product Keith Coleman announced that a new way to save tweets was in the works, as a result of a company HackWeek project dubbed #SaveForLater.<\/p>\n
\n\u2728??Fresh out of HackWeek and coming soon \u2014 a new way to save tweets to read later. Been a top request (\u2764\ufe0f??!) The team would love your feedback as they dial in the design! #SaveForLater<\/a> ? https:\/\/t.co\/6oo2lhqFbW<\/a><\/p>\n
\u2014 Keith Coleman ??? (@kcoleman) October 10, 2017<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n
Other Twitter employees, including newly hired senior director of product<\/a>, Sriram Krishnan<\/a>, and PM\u00a0Jesar Shah<\/a>, also noted Twitter\u2019s plans in this area.<\/p>\n
Like Coleman, Shah said the feature was a popular user request \u2013 adding that many people, \u201cespecially in Japan,\u201d had asked for this ability.<\/p>\n
\nHi Twitter! Many of you (especially in Japan!) have said you\u2019d like to be able to easily + privately save Tweets for later. Right now, people bookmark Tweets by liking, DM-ing to themselves, or Retweeting. But this could be easier. https:\/\/t.co\/iQ9W9mB1uV<\/a><\/p>\n
\u2014 jesar ? (@jesarshah) October 9, 2017<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n
As Shah said in her thread, there are a number of ways people privately save tweets to reference later, including bookmarking them with the heart, DM-ing them to themselves, or even retweeting. (I\u2019d also add we open them in new tabs, save them to our Notes app, email them to ourselves, Instapaper their links, or create private Twitter Moments or Storify collections, among other things.)<\/p>\n
None of these methods are ideal because they\u2019re not as quick as simply clicking a button to save the tweet, with the exception of the \u201cheart\u201d icon. However, the heart can be misinterpreted since it implies you feel positively about the tweet you\u2019re saving, when the opposite could be true. Plus, for those who regularly use the heart to respond to tweets that don\u2019t require a reply, those saved tweets you wanted to look back on again could be easily lost in your Favorites.<\/p>\n
Twitter isn\u2019t the first to realize that its constantly-updating feed needs a save button. Facebook, too, launched its own bookmarking tool<\/a> several years ago.<\/p>\n
A prototype built during HackWeek shows that Twitter\u2019s bookmarking feature appears under the tweet\u2019s \u201cMore\u201d menu (three dots), where you then find a new \u201cAdd to Bookmarks\u201d option. But this design could change by the time it\u2019s released to the public.<\/p>\n
According to Shah, Twitter wants to build the new bookmarking tool with the community\u2019s help and feedback. That\u2019s interesting, given that building \u201cwith\u201d user input is how Twitter used to develop features borrowed from the community. For example, Twitter\u2019s @mention and retweet functionality grew out of Twitter turning actions people were already taking on its network into useful product features.<\/p>\n
\nWe want to build this WITH you all! So we need your help. We\u2019ll be Tweeting to ask for feedback, and share our thinking as we compare designs, experiment, do research, and more.<\/p>\n
\u2014 jesar ? (@jesarshah) October 9, 2017<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n
But some of Twitter\u2019s more recent product launches \u2013 like the controversial<\/a> @reply format<\/a>\u00a0or decisions about what counts<\/a> as a character \u2013 were developed more as an overly-engineered response to the problems with social network\u2019s 140-character limit, rather than by a deep examination of user behavior.\u00a0 (Twitter has since said it will test expanding<\/a> character count to 280, which makes more sense than its confusing<\/a> rules about character count.)<\/p>\n
There are no details yet on how soon the new bookmarking tool will roll out or who will be able to test it. But a Twitter spokesperson confirmed the feature is not just an experiment \u2013 it will publicly launch soon. They also said the best way to find out more is to follow @jesarshah\u2019s account<\/a>, as this is where information about #SaveForLater will appear. Product designer @tinastsh<\/a> will be tweeting as well, we\u2019re told.<\/p>\n
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