The view counter will show “how rather more alive” the platform is, its CEO claimed
Twitter will introduce a view counter exhibiting what number of instances a tweet has been seen, CEO Elon Musk introduced on Thursday. Musk’s speedy rollout of latest insurance policies and options has come beneath criticism since he bought the platform for $44 billion in October.
The function, which already exists for movies, will present “how rather more alive Twitter is than it could appear,” Musk wrote, explaining that “over 90% of Twitter customers learn, however don’t tweet, reply or like, as these are public actions.”
Twitter is rolling out View Depend, so you’ll be able to see what number of instances a tweet has been seen! That is regular for video.Exhibits how rather more alive Twitter is than it could appear, as over 90% of Twitter customers learn, however don’t tweet, reply or like, as these are public actions.
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) December 22, 2022
Shortly after buying Twitter, Musk stated that his overhaul of the platform would contain “a lot of dumb issues.” To date, he has launched, canceled, revised, and reintroduced a paid system of verification, earlier than saying after which canceling plans to droop accounts for linking to competing social media websites.
A self-described “free speech absolutist,” Musk additionally reinstated the banned account of former US President Donald Trump, and launched troves of information exhibiting that beneath previous administration, Twitter colluded with the FBI to take away and censor info the company needed hidden.
Regardless of plunging revenues at Twitter and a turbulent information cycle surrounding his takeover, Musk claimed on the finish of final month that new person signups had reached an “all-time excessive.”
On Tuesday, Musk introduced that he would step down as Twitter’s CEO as quickly as “somebody silly sufficient to take the job” could possibly be discovered. Two days earlier he held a ballot permitting Twitter’s customers to resolve whether or not he ought to stay within the function or not.
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