If you have logged on to Twitter today, then you may possible seen a nice little thing called "Activity" which replaced "Retweets" section. Also, the Mentions tab changed to "@YourHandle" which gave you the mentions and retweets, in real time. The Activity Tab is a great way to see what others are doing and the tweets that influential tweeps are favoriting.
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| Yayy! New Update! |
However, as with every change, there are certain good and bad sides. Here they are discussed for you -
The Good
Real Time Update - Forget hitting the Mention every time to see whether anyone Tweeted you. Now, Twitter will update the stream in real time.
From giving you an update in the @YourHandle tab about the tweets, retweets and follows that you receive to who retweets you and when, Twitter's new Mention tab is pretty cool.
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| Crowded but Beneficial |
The Activity tab gives marketers a clear insight on the people and whom they follow, which tweets they "favorite" and much more. If you are new to Twitter, then this feature will help you get the Tweeps whom your tweeps like. Thumbs Up!
The Bad
Crowded - This update is a major bad news for people who swear by Twitter's simplicity. Twitter is headed the Facebook's way for sure. @YourHandle should have been kept simple with Twitter "asking" for your permissions for displaying various content like who followed you and such. For example, if I don't want to know who follows me and when, I must have the option to turn the notification off. But sadly, Twitter doesn't want that. No Good for those who follow and are followed by thousands of people. Just Imagine the sheer amount of notifications.
The Ugly
Definitely the Activity tab. The subtlety of Twitter is gone with this new feature. This is a good feature for starting out but definitely not good for those looking to get a clear view of Twitter. What's really bad is the "stalking" nature of the feature. You cannot but resist seeing who followed whom and "favorited" whose tweet. This is definitely unwanted.
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| Confusing! |
Take-away
All that can be made out of the recent new development is that it definitely makes Twitter, a bit like the rest. Twitter should bring in customization without which, this new development will be a complete fail for many.
