Elon Musk has announced several changes to the Twitter interface since he took over. In the latest announcement, Musk shared that users will soon be able to swipe right or left to cycle through recommended and followed tweets. The Tesla and SpaceX CEO called this feature “the first part of a much larger user interface overhaul.” Musk further confirmed that the microblogging platform will launch the “long-form” tweet feature in February 2023. The promise about this feature was first made in December last year, when Musk said that in January there will be “new Twitter navigation that will allow you to swipe sideways to switch between recommended and followed tweets, trends, topics, etc. switch.”
“Simple right/left swipe to switch between recommended and followed tweets will be rolled out later this week. The first part of a much larger UI overhaul. The bookmark button (de facto silent like) in the tweet details will be introduced a week later. Long-form tweets early Feb.” musk‘s tweet of January 8th.
Single right/left swipe to switch between recommended and followed tweets will be rolled out later this week.
First part of a much larger UI overhaul.
The bookmark button (de facto silent like) in the tweet details will be introduced a week later.
Long-form tweets in early February
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) January 8, 2023
Musk responded to a comment from a Gadgets 360 employee in December: specified that “several major UI improvements” will be available on the microblogging site by January 2023. Additionally, Twitter may also be working on replacing the text for views, likes, retweets, and quote tweets below each tweet with icons on its mobile clients.
A number of changes have been made since Musk took over the social media site Twitter. The platforms announced on Jan. 4 that it would expand the scope of the types of political advertising allowed on the social media platform and would lift its 2019 global ban on political advertising since the company is owned by Elon Musk is trying to increase his earnings. The company also confirmed that it would relax its advertising policy for “on-demand advertising” in the US and align its advertising policy “with that of TV and other media” going forward.
Since the end of October 2022, advertisers have withdrawn from companies in response Tesla CEO Elon Musk laid off thousands of employees, lifted former US President Donald Trump’s permanent suspension from the site, and attempted to speed up a paid verification feature that led scammers to impersonate public companies on Twitter. Musk backed his drastic cost-cutting measures, claiming to avert $3 billion (around Rs. 24,900 billion) in “negative cash flow”.
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