Twitter is working on implementing changes that will make it super easy for users to choose to see a chronological feeds, instead of the machine-learning algorithmic timeline that tends to surface tweets based on interactions.
While the argument that users with massive followers on Twitter — maybe tens of thousands — can feel like they’ve missed some of the most important tweets with real-time update, which Twitter cited for the switch notwithstanding, many users had revolted in a campaign against the switch to algorithmic timeline.
Now, Twitter is testing a feature that will allow users to easily switch the order of the tweets from algorithmic to chronological, and vice versa, right from the homescreen.
The test is currently with a small number of iOS users having the button on the home screen that will allow them to switch between a display of tweets based on machine learning algorithm to that which shows the most recent tweets from people they follow.
Twitter had earlier updated to "Show the best tweets first" Setting that aims to allow users to easily reverse to the chronological order, and to only see tweets from people they follow. Albeit, the feature is tugged away in complicated settings requiring some work to find, making it a relatively difficult option to switch the timeline.
This new feature when live, will give users an easier way to switch option of a timeline to display tweets in reverse chronological order right from the home screen.
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