This
past week Twitter gave itself a major makeover but instead of welcoming the new
look Twitter users were furious. Scrolling down the timeline Twitter was
flooded with memes showing user’s dislike for the update. Using the hashtag
#twitterupdate you can find all the memes and jokes on the app. But why do
users hate the update so much? It can be any worse than when Instagram changed
their app design in 2016 or when Twitter got rid of the Favorite Star for the
new Like Heart. Is the new update really that bad or are people just resistant to change?
The
“major” changes included in the update is the new layout of the timeline. The
“setting” have been switched around as well you’re own personal page. Now
located on a navigation bar you can click on your “profile picture” to access
your page and “settings”. Another change includes your “notifications” where
the “explore” button use to be. Speaking of profile pics, Twitter has also
gotten rid of the classic square frame and replaced it with a circle frame
following the trends of Snapchat and Instagram. Twitter has also changed its
“reply” icon which is confusing at first but instead of someone's names being
included in the 140 characters it’s not which is better for replying.
However,
with all these updates Twitter has done they are still forgetting one major
update, editing tweets. The only thing worse than tweeting something that has a
grammatical error is tweeting something and not having the time to go back and
fix it before someone sees it. It's kind of like how Apple keeps
releasing new IOS updates and all we really want is 3-way Facetime. Despite
these changes Twitter has grown from 9 million to 328 million last quarter, so
I don’t think it's going anywhere any time soon!
Written by Jamia Richardson of Rebecca Adele PR & Events
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