It was reported that Twitter was going to introduce a timeline based on an algorithm rather than a real-time stream.
New York: Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey said Saturday the social media website's stream of tweets will stay live and in real time, disputing a media report that a change was in the works.
Hello Twitter! Regarding #RIPTwitter: I want you all to know we're always listening. We never planned to reorder timelines next week.
— Jack (@jack) February 6, 2016
Twitter is live. Twitter is real-time. Twitter is about who & what you follow. And Twitter is here to stay! By becoming more Twitter-y.
— Jack (@jack) February 6, 2016
Twitter is live. Twitter is real-time. Twitter is about who & what you follow. And Twitter is here to stay! By becoming more Twitter-y.
— Jack (@jack) February 6, 2016
News and entertainment site BuzzFeed reported on Friday that Twitter was going to introduce a timeline based on an algorithm rather than a real-time stream. The report upset some users, who created the hashtag RIPTwitter to debate the change.
Dear Twitter, I wanna decide who I follow, what I read. I don't need algorithms to decide that for me. #RIPTwitter
— DJ Chacha (@mor1019chacha) February 7, 2016
Twitter is changing to an algorithm-based timeline(instead of chronological), one of the things I hate most about Facebook. #RIPTwitter
— Zisteau (@Zisteau) February 7, 2016
But Dorsey took to Twitter on Saturday to dispute the report.
-"Twitter is live,-" he tweeted. -"Twitter is real-time.-"
BuzzFeed updated its report with Dorsey's response.
Twitter is facing slowing user growth and has been trying to make its service more appealing with a feature called Moments, which compiles photos, videos and messages about big news events. It's also considering other changes.
The San Francisco-based social media site reports quarterly earnings on Wednesday
