Elon Musk’s ‘Twitter 2.0’ is more and more trying like Twitter 1.0 with minor tweaks, with varied parts like tweet view counts, up and downvotes, and subscriptions all examined at totally different occasions prior to now, and all deserted because of earlier Twitter administration discovering no main worth in them.
However that, after all, doesn’t essentially imply that they had been proper, and possibly there’s a method for Elon and his new staff to rejuvenate these outdated proposals, repackage them as one thing new, and doubtlessly even get folks to pay for them as add-on options.
Appears we’ll discover out, with Elon additionally, apparently, trying so as to add tweet reactions into the combination.
There undoubtedly must be extra reactions
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) December 23, 2022
Which Twitter has additionally tried, several times, prior to now.
The latest tweet reactions experiment got here in March last year, when Twitter sought consumer suggestions on the potential of extra emoji response choices along with the Like ‘heart’ icon.
And there may be some logic to that. Reactions have develop into a routine response possibility for many individuals, as a result of they’re now out there in so many social and messaging apps. Twitter itself already has reactions in DMs, with six further choices out there, along with the one ‘heart’ response that you should utilize in regular tweets.
And let’s face it, a ‘heart’ shouldn’t be relevant in lots of conditions – so possibly tweet reactions is smart, and can be a very good accompaniment, regardless of the choice being shelved repeatedly by the earlier Twitter staff.
It does appear to be Elon’s going to strive it out, with a lot of the suggestions that he’s flagged in his tweets making it by way of to Twitter manufacturing to date.
Essentially the most attention-grabbing facet, then, can be to see whether or not that response set additionally contains ‘thumbs up’ and ‘thumbs down’ choices, which Twitter has in DMs. Which might additionally develop into an attention-grabbing response, and potential rating consideration.
Musk has already signaled that Twitter’s looking to factor more user response options into tweet ranking, with mute and conceal actions set to restrict tweet and consumer attain. Perhaps, up and downvotes, even by way of reactions, may very well be one other consideration – and actually, if Musk needs Twitter to be a real reflection of the folks’s voice, he ought to be seeking to incorporate direct suggestions response indicators into the combination.
That’s somewhat tougher on Twitter, provided that the principle feed updates in real-time, so you’ll be able to’t at all times rank tweets based mostly on consumer votes. But it surely may very well be a strategy to glean extra suggestions on what folks need, and don’t wish to see, total, which may very well be one other factor in Musk’s broader reformation of the app.
Both method, it’s one other factor to contemplate. Probably, if Elon and Co. really roll it out.
