<p>Twitter revamped its timeline today, allowing the "best" tweets to rise to the top, despite warnings of a revolt from members loyal to the real-time flow of the messaging platform.<br /><br /></p>.<p>The tweaked format aims to inject new life into the struggling one-to-many messaging service by moving away from a pure chronological timeline to one determined by algorithm, as used by social network leader Facebook.<br /><br />Twitter said the "Show me the best tweets first" feature is optional and that users can stick with tweets rushing by like leaves on a fast-moving river, if they prefer.<br /><br />"You follow hundreds of people on Twitter -- maybe thousands -- and when you open Twitter, you may feel like you've missed their most important tweets," senior engineering manager Mike Jahr said in a blog post.<br /><br />"Starting today, you can choose a new timeline feature that helps you catch up on the most important tweets from the people you follow."<br /><br />The algorithm was most likely built on a "while you were away" feature that Twitter introduced about a year ago to show people notable posts they missed while not using the service.<br /><br />"When you first open Twitter, the tweets you're most likely to care about will appear at the top of your timeline -- they are recent, and in reverse chronological order," Jahr said.<br /><br />"Then the rest of the tweets will be displayed right underneath, also in reverse chronological order, as always."<br /><br />Twitter users can refresh a page to begin seeing live, real-time tweets as usual, according to Jahr.<br />With the new feature, "we've improved the timeline by analyzing how millions of people engage with billions of tweets," said product marketing manager Eric Farkas.<br /><br />"We're using this information to determine the best content to surface. We use a person's past Twitter activity to predict which tweets they might like to see most."<br /><br />The "Show me the best tweets first" feature is available to people accessing Twitter using a Web browser or applications on mobile devices powered by Apple or Android software.<br /><br />"We've already noticed that people who have used this new feature tend to retweet and tweet more, which is good for everyone," Jahr said.<br /><br />Twitter planned to begin turning the feature on during coming weeks, sending people notifications to let them know about the change.<br /><br />"If you love it, great," Jahr said. "If you don't, you can easily turn it off in settings."</p>
<p>Twitter revamped its timeline today, allowing the "best" tweets to rise to the top, despite warnings of a revolt from members loyal to the real-time flow of the messaging platform.<br /><br /></p>.<p>The tweaked format aims to inject new life into the struggling one-to-many messaging service by moving away from a pure chronological timeline to one determined by algorithm, as used by social network leader Facebook.<br /><br />Twitter said the "Show me the best tweets first" feature is optional and that users can stick with tweets rushing by like leaves on a fast-moving river, if they prefer.<br /><br />"You follow hundreds of people on Twitter -- maybe thousands -- and when you open Twitter, you may feel like you've missed their most important tweets," senior engineering manager Mike Jahr said in a blog post.<br /><br />"Starting today, you can choose a new timeline feature that helps you catch up on the most important tweets from the people you follow."<br /><br />The algorithm was most likely built on a "while you were away" feature that Twitter introduced about a year ago to show people notable posts they missed while not using the service.<br /><br />"When you first open Twitter, the tweets you're most likely to care about will appear at the top of your timeline -- they are recent, and in reverse chronological order," Jahr said.<br /><br />"Then the rest of the tweets will be displayed right underneath, also in reverse chronological order, as always."<br /><br />Twitter users can refresh a page to begin seeing live, real-time tweets as usual, according to Jahr.<br />With the new feature, "we've improved the timeline by analyzing how millions of people engage with billions of tweets," said product marketing manager Eric Farkas.<br /><br />"We're using this information to determine the best content to surface. We use a person's past Twitter activity to predict which tweets they might like to see most."<br /><br />The "Show me the best tweets first" feature is available to people accessing Twitter using a Web browser or applications on mobile devices powered by Apple or Android software.<br /><br />"We've already noticed that people who have used this new feature tend to retweet and tweet more, which is good for everyone," Jahr said.<br /><br />Twitter planned to begin turning the feature on during coming weeks, sending people notifications to let them know about the change.<br /><br />"If you love it, great," Jahr said. "If you don't, you can easily turn it off in settings."</p>