Twitter’s new auto-refresh feature hasn’t gone down well – 11 scathing reactions
After years of begging Twitter for an edit function and to stop platforming abusive right-wing accounts, @Jack has finally introduced …an auto-refresh feature that tears away the tweet you were trying to read without warning. Of course it has. Tweeters are not happy. Not happy at all.
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Imagine, someone in the Twitter product department was asked “so should the whole feed refresh when the user is literally resting their thumb on the screen as they are slowly scrolling” and the answer was yes.
— Martin Belam (@MartinBelam) November 1, 2019
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Remember when you used to be able to read to the end of a tweet without it automatically scrolling to the top of your feed (no one will have seen the end of this tweet).
— GlennyRodge (@GlennyRodge) November 3, 2019
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Dear Twitter,
Stop auto-refreshing my feed. I’m a big girl and I can decide for myself when to refresh. Also, I was still reading that story/tweet on…. Wait! What was I reading?
This new feature sucks.
Who agrees with me? @twitter @TwitterSupport
— SarahCA 💙🌊 (@SarahBCalif) November 1, 2019
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Dear Twitter Autorefresh,
I WAS READING THAT!!!
— Friney (@dimplesticks) November 3, 2019
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Twitter releasing the auto-refresh feature.
pic.twitter.com/HkCRImwx5e— Bryan Paulk (@thebryanpaulk) November 3, 2019
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Dear @Twitter,
After surprise-releasing this bullshit feature that refreshes our feeds WHILE WE'RE READING A TWEET, maybe you should have posted an explanation for this CRAPPY feature.
Or maybe you DID, and we didn't see it because *auto refresh*
STOP THIS.
Signed,
Tweeps— BrooklynDad_Defiant Savage! (@mmpadellan) November 2, 2019
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I would’ve liked your tweet, we would’ve become fast friends, eventually gotten married, and raised a beautiful family in Kennebunkport, Maine.
But the new Twitter random auto-refresh pulled us apart forever…
— Jake Vig (@Jake_Vig) November 3, 2019
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What Twitter’s TL auto refresh feels like pic.twitter.com/JAYqjllzhA
— Jeff Bailey’s Trenchcoat (@andymannion77) November 3, 2019
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Twitter’s auto-refresh and a tweet I’m trying to read. pic.twitter.com/7H1jYxFt0A
— kyle a.b. (@kyalbr) November 2, 2019
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Me: what an interesting twe…
Twitter Auto Refresh: PSYCH! #SaturdayThoughts
— #RandomWhiteGuy (@coleyworld) November 2, 2019
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Twitter: How can we make things better for you?
Twitter Users: An edit button would be awesome! We’re tired missing words and using worse grammar and makeing speiling misteaks.
Twitter: We hear you. So, how about we refresh your feed automatically so you lose your place? 🤦🏼♀️
— Meredith (@meralee727) November 2, 2019
Funny tweeter, SheepWreck Yaron, saw a situation where the function might actually be useful.
My neighbor: hey sup? have you checked out the new to- *vanishes into thin air*
[cutting to me an hour earlier]
Me: can you apply twitter auto refresh to annoying people?
Genie: done!
— SheepWreck Yaron (@NrouteHQ) November 3, 2019
That may be a tad beyond Twitter’s capabilities.
Source: Twitter, Image: @freestocks, @anniespratt on Unsplash, Twitter screengrab