Twitter is checking a method to let you follow subjects

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Twitter wishes to make following a subject as simple as following an account.

On Tuesday, the business stated it’s experimenting with a method for users to follow sports subjects such as the New England Patriots, cricket or fumbling. It’s screening this function for Android users and will curate subjects users might be thinking about following.

Twitter will likewise let you “mute” subjects so you do not see these tweets all the time, and it’s checking out a method for you to develop a different timeline that consists of particular accounts and subjects you follow.

Twitter prepares to launch the capability to follow subjects internationally by the end of the year. As the social media attempts to bring in and keep brand-new users, Twitter has actually been attempting to take more dangers with item modifications. Earlier this year, Twitter launched a model app so users might evaluate brand-new functions such as including color to replies, with the objective of making it simpler to follow discussions.

“Our desire is to be a little bit more ambitious about the level of change that we introduce into the product,” Twitter item lead Kayvon Beykpour stated throughout a press occasion at the business’s San Francisco head office.

The business is likewise checking out other functions such as a search tool for your direct messages and the capability to reorder images after you connected them to a tweet.

As for an edit button, do not anticipate it anytime quickly. Beykpour stated he believes that there’s a method for the business to let users fix typos. The danger, however, is some individuals may utilize the function to alter a questionable declaration they tweeted on the website.

“It’s a feature I think that we should build at some point,” Beykpour stated. “It’s not anywhere near the top of our priority list.”

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Originally published Aug. 13, 2:56 p.m. PT
Update, 7:08 p.m. PT: Adds remarks about the edit button and other features.