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Twitter is today releasing a new feature called \u201cHappening Now\u201d aimed to make its service more accessible to newcomers by highlighting groups of tweets about a topic, beginning with sports, before expanding to other areas like entertainment and breaking news. If this sounds similar to Twitter\u2019s existing Moments feature\u2026.well, it is.<\/p>\n
Moments, too, offers a way to learn more about a given timely topic across a number of categories, like Sports, News and Entertainment.<\/p>\n
But Twitter Moments are a curated selection of tweets that tell a story, while Happening Now will take users to a dedicated timeline of tweets related to the event at hand. Moments are also often more visual, featuring images and videos, which is why they\u2019ve been likened<\/a> to Twitter\u2019s version of Snapchat or Instagram\u2019s \u201cStories.\u201d<\/p>\n Feel the roar of the crowd, no matter where you are.<\/p>\n We’re rolling out a new way to see what’s happening now, starting with sports in ??! Available on Android and iOS starting today. https:\/\/t.co\/lmBFCK4DG0<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/cv4wL8hCxA<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Twitter (@Twitter) October 10, 2017<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n In a demo of the new feature posted to the official @Twitter account<\/a>, there are Happening Now events for MLB, NBA, and NFL games shown at the top of the Twitter timeline. You can swipe horizontally through these events, each depicted with a title (e.g. \u201cNFL Giants vs. Buccaneers\u201d) and an image.<\/p>\n When you tap into a game to see more, the current score appears at the top of a customized timeline containing real-time tweets about the event.<\/p>\n Twitter, of course, already offers ways to tune into live events via its network, including via its live video streams of an event, as well as by following an event\u2019s hashtag \u2013 like #wwdc for Apple\u2019s Developer conference, for instance.<\/p>\n Happening Now, though, builds on top of Twitter\u2019s understanding of how to sort tweets associated with an event, like live video. The tweets will display algorithmically in these new custom Happening Now timelines.<\/p>\n What\u2019s interesting about this new implementation is that it\u2019s not entirely hashtag dependent, it seems.<\/p>\n In the brief demo Twitter shared, some tweets did reference hashtags related to the event at hand \u2013 the Giants vs. Bucs game \u2013 like #Giants, #GiantsFan, #Buccaneers, and #GoBucs. However, other tweets only referenced the match up in plain text, sometimes even vaguely. For instance, one tweet in the stream simply read: \u201cMan oh man I am at the edge of my seat.\u201d<\/p>\n This is not the first (nor likely the last) time Twitter will try to make its service more useful to newcomers who just want to follow topics, not people. Last year, it updated its homepage for logged-out users <\/a>so they could dive into various categories like News, Sports, Music, Entertainment, and more; plus view Moments and other featured tweets.<\/p>\n It also revamped its Explore section earlier this year<\/a> to help users find videos, trends, and Moments in a single tab.<\/p>\n Though Happening Now may appeal to newbies who don\u2019t want to create customized lists, track hashtags, or figure out who to follow to follow relevant news on Twitter, it\u2019s also likely to irk longtime Twitter users. Many today feel like their timelines are being invaded by ever more features they don\u2019t need \u2013 whether that\u2019s \u201cWhile You Were Away\u201d updates, or those that inform you of interesting links and trends<\/a> Twitter thinks you\u2019d like to know about.<\/p>\n With all these features and algorithmic suggestions, Twitter is losing a bit of its simplicity \u2013 ironically, in an effort to be \u201ceasier\u201d to use.<\/p>\n Twitter says Happening Now is rolling out on iOS and Android starting today.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Featured Image: nevodka \/ iStock Editorial \/ Getty Images Plus<\/small><\/p>\n Article source: http:\/\/feedproxy.google.com\/~r\/techcrunch\/social\/~3\/IpU2HdEMzUM\/<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Twitter is today releasing a new feature called \u201cHappening Now\u201d aimed to make its service more accessible to newcomers by highlighting groups of tweets about a topic, beginning with sports, <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3],"tags":[10,7,14,15,6,12,11],"class_list":["post-9564","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-latest-update","tag-computer-news","tag-downloads","tag-microsoft-download-news","tag-networking-updates","tag-technology-update","tag-wordpress-plugin-download","tag-wordpress-theme-download"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n