In a controversial transfer, Twitter has introduced again a function that removes the ‘Newest Tweets’ view for customers on iOS, which is one thing that many customers, together with me, hated again in March 2022 – and it is now rolling out.

The primary time the corporate determined to do that, ‘Residence’ would seem first in a tab on the high, and there was no manner of adjusting it in order that ‘Newest Tweets’ could be the default view. It was reverted again after the corporate mentioned it was a ‘bug’ for iOS customers.

This time although, it is no bug. As a substitute, it is ‘For You’ and ‘Following’ the place you possibly can solely swipe between them now, which does not make a lot sense for a platform the place you are utilizing the platform to maintain updated with who you comply with.

It is a weird change that makes me ask – who desires this, particularly throughout a time when its new proprietor, Elon Musk, is bringing in and reversing modifications nearly each week nonetheless?

This one change could have large penalties for Twitter

See the Tweets you wish to see. Beginning at present on iOS, swipe between tabs to see Tweets advisable “For you” or Tweets from the accounts you’re “Following.”January 11, 2023

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You look on Twitter to learn the most recent tweets out of your followers – that is the very first thing that the majority customers do after they load up Twitter on an iPhone or Android gadget. It is a manner of retaining updated with what is going on on.

I’ve obtained pals who use it as a rolling information feed, just like how an RSS feed used to work again within the day, which was a manner of subscribing to sure websites and being given a web page of all of the aggregated content material in a single place.

With this new change rolling out with no signal that it was unintended, it units a dangerous precedent for the platform that those in cost merely do not understand how its customers work together with Twitter. It makes discovering content material more durable to find with these new tabs, and above all, it appears to be like unhealthy from a design perspective.

In what looks like I am in a sequel to Groundhog Day involving Twitter, let’s hope we see this function reversed, then binned, and by no means seen once more.