Twitter to remember users' preferred timeline

Twitter has announced that it will now remember which timeline users were using last and default to it when they open it again, on Android and iOS.

The company tweeted from its @TwitterSupport account on Monday: “This is live for Android and iOS! Update to the latest version of the app so that ‘For you’ and ‘Following’ will default to whichever tab you had open last.”

Twitter will now remember your tab preference

Last month, the micro-blogging platform rolled out the same feature to its web version.

This is live for Android and iOS!

Update to the latest version of the app so that “For you” and “Following” will default to whichever tab you had open last. https://t.co/GB1TxWJoOm

— Twitter Support (@TwitterSupport) February 6, 2023

On January 21, Twitter CEO Elon Musk had announced that the upcoming update of the platform will make it less mandatory for users to use the “For You” algorithmic timeline.

“Next Twitter update will remember whether you were on For You (i.e. recommended), Following or list you made & stop switching you back to recommended tweets,” he had tweeted.

Later on January 29, Musk had said: “Next app update will make For You or the Following choice persist.”

Elon Musk recently announced that all legacy verified accounts will soon lose their Blue badges as those are ‘deeply corrupted’. Musk now tweeted: “Twitter’s legacy Blue Verified is unfortunately deeply corrupted, so will sunset in a few months.”

In other news, Twitter has also announced to share their ad revenue with creators who are subscribed to “Twitter Blue Verified” for advertisements that appear in their reply threads. Several platforms, including YouTube, Instagram and Facebook, already share their ad revenue with creators. Twitter’s this feature will allow users to make money on the platform and benefit Twitter as well. The key details about the announcement are yet to be revealed.

–With inputs from IANS