Twitter will soon let you subscribe to conversations without commenting, liking- Technology News, Firstpost
tech2 News StaffMar 18, 2019 07:49:24 IST
To know what is buzzing in the Twitter world, you have to either like or reply on a thread to get the updates. Now, Twitter is looking at changing that to make the platform more 'conversational'.
Twitter testing new profile preview overlay on iOS app. Image: Pixabay
Twitter tipster Jane Manchun Wong has unearthed a 'subscribe to conversation' feature, confirmed by the microblogging site, that allows one to get notifications about an active thread without having to like or reply on it, Engadget reported.
Twitter is testing "Subscribe to conversation" so you can get notified over a conversation without liking or replying 🍿 pic.twitter.com/6hpSQcMJZD
— Jane Manchun Wong (@wongmjane) March 15, 2019
The new tool is located to the top right corner of threads. Once enabled, you will be notified when additional tweets are added to the thread. As the feature is currently available in the beta version of the Android app, it is unclear if it will be rolled out to the masses.
Besides that, Wong also shared what the rumoured "News Camera" feature on the platform may look like. This will apparently allow users to add "new camera moments on top of previous ones into a thread". Somewhat like a tweet thread, but with pictures.
Twitter "News Camera" is testing adding new camera moments on top of previous ones into a thread
(Yes I'm literally tweeting this while eating the ramen 🍜) pic.twitter.com/P0iiK9AA9w
— Jane Manchun Wong (@wongmjane) March 17, 2019
In addition to that, she also suggested that Twitter is working on a separate 'Trending' tab under Explore, which will show the trending topics according to regions.
Twitter is testing an individual "Trending" tab in Explore for showing regional trends pic.twitter.com/XHnNDqkAf9
— Jane Manchun Wong (@wongmjane) March 16, 2019
Finally, Wong also tweeted that for Android users, the Twitter app will soon start including the entire follower count. Which is more like a bug fix than a new feature.
Twitter for Android is testing including the whole number of Followers count in followers screen
(FINALLY!!!) pic.twitter.com/JrM0sYOipk
— Jane Manchun Wong (@wongmjane) March 16, 2019
With inputs from ANI.
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