Twitter says few users have opted out of its new, algorithmic timeline [and I'll tell you why ... - Lauren]
http://techcrunch.com/2016/03/18/twitter-says-few-users-have-opted-out-of-its-new-algorithmic-timeline/?ncid=rss Despite reports to the contrary, Twitter's new algorithmic timeline, announced last month, has only now reached all of Twitter's user base. That being said, the company does have some early data on how well this updated timeline experience has been performing so far. According to the company, few users are choosing to opt out of having their tweets sorted for them automatically. In fact, the company says that the opt-out rate, since launch, is in the "low single digits." - - - The reason relatively few have opted-out is that most users don't understand what is happening. My inbox has been flooded with queries about "something being wrong with Twitter" from users confused about the seemingly random ordering of Tweets -- with even greater emphasis on ads and users that they never followed. When I explained to them about this change, they were flabbergasted, asking why Twitter didn't explicitly tell them about it and explicitly tell them how to opt-out (which involves digging deep into user account settings that most people never touch). Twitter is being as opaque about this as possible, pushing even more crap to users than before. --Lauren-- Lauren Weinstein ([email protected]): http://www.vortex.com/lauren Founder: - Network Neutrality Squad: http://www.nnsquad.org - PRIVACY Forum: http://www.vortex.com/privacy-info Co-Founder: People For Internet Responsibility: http://www.pfir.org/pfir-info Member: ACM Committee on Computers and Public Policy Lauren's Blog: http://lauren.vortex.com Google+: http://google.com/+LaurenWeinstein Twitter: http://twitter.com/laurenweinstein Tel: +1 (818) 225-2800 / Skype: vortex.com I have consulted to Google, but I am not currently doing so -- my opinions expressed here are mine alone. _______________________________________________ pfir mailing list http://lists.pfir.org/mailman/listinfo/pfir
