Since its launch in 2006, Twitter has been a different kind of social network. Those differences have taken center stage as of late, as Twitter’s revenue continues to grow while it fights to attract new users. Many people think this means Twitter is in trouble, but it simply means it’s a different type of […]
Twitter recently unveiled a new timeline, which marks the site’s biggest algorithm change to date. Before the change, the site displayed tweets in reverse chronological order. People logged into their accounts and viewed the most recent tweet first, down to the oldest. Now, though, people see select tweets at the top of their timelines, […]
A year doesn’t go by without someone saying that Twitter is doomed. People believe the micro-blogging site can’t live up to the hype and it will eventually go the way of Friendster. In reality, Twitter is far from doomed. While it might not be everything that everyone wants it to be, it has staying […]
Twitter has many useful features for finding out what’s going on, with one of the most popular being their Trends section. This is a place to find the most popular topics currently being talked about on Twitter. Since this is where people see tweets from other profiles once they click on a trend, it’s also […]
Twitter is a straightforward network, where you broadcast your message and simultaneously receive everyone else’s message. It’s not like Facebook, whose News Feed uses an algorithm that decides what you’ll see based on your behavior. Your Twitter feed is a constant bombardment of your followers’ content, delivered to you piece by piece, in real time. […]