Weird World

Twitter reacts to rumours of a Facebook-style algorithm

Ever since Twitter first launched, tweets have been presented in reverse chronological order.

But according to the internet jungle drums, the service is preparing to change how you experience the timeline by auto-editing your feed with a new algorithm.

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Effectively Twitter will show you tweets that it ‘thinks’ you want to see. According to BuzzFeed News, it’s happening imminently. As early as next week.

Back in October, Twitter attempted to sort tweets by topic with its newsy Moments tab – a feature which has been widely derided. Don’t even get me started on ‘Who To Follow.”

It is unclear whether Twitter will force users to use the algorithmic feed, or it will merely be an option.

Here’s what users are saying about it…