Twitter will soon offer new look for the homepage

In an attempt to woo users, Twitter is revamping its homepage with a newer and fresher look. The new homepage will mark a shift from the earlier simple log in page with a background photo.

According to a report by Slate, the changed homepage for logged-out visitors will roll out publicly in the next few days. When logged out, the new homepage will welcome users with algorithmically generated streams of tweets along with a new mobile search page, which will display the trending topics with a short description. Logged out users will witness popular categories like ‘pop artists,’ ‘business news,’ and ‘cute animals’ along with clickable images. The company has also added in a category called ‘tech blogs and reporters’.

However, users who are not logged in to the site or signed up for the service, will not be able to retweet, favourite, or reply to any of the listed tweets. A report by GeekSnack stated that, ‘Twitter needs to redesign its homepage and create one that will make the visitor feel like they truly should become a member of the community.’

Early this month, Twitter revamped its ‘quote tweet’ feature which now allows users to add up to 116 characters to any tweet. With this upgrade, users can add up to 116 characters to any tweet, no matter how many characters the original tweet contained. One of the major complaints about the way ‘quote retweets’ were handled in the past was that users barely had any characters left to add a comment.

Posted by : Gizmeon