Your Twitter profile page is about to
look a lot like Facebook , and chances
are, you have a pretty strong opinion
about it.
Nearly two months after the company
quietly tested a new layout among a
small group of users, news first reported
by Mashable, Twitter is officially rolling
out a new design starting on Tuesday.
Social media users are notoriously
adverse to change, with the slightest
update often awakening the most
critical of members, so it's not
surprising the news brought a bevy of
negative reactions, mostly with users
calling it out as too similar to Facebook.
SEE ALSO: 14 Facebook Tools You Didn't
Know Existed
Among the major changes is that the
user's main picture and bio are now
scaled to the left, and there is
significantly more real estate dedicated
to the header photo. The revamped
timeline makes tweets look larger and
there is greater focus on photos.
Although the original test had "tiles" or
"cards" that moved away from a
vertical timeline, this design reinstates
what we're used to seeing.
In addition, tweets with more
engagement appear larger in user
timelines, and you can filter based on
photos/videos, replies and so on. It's also
possible to "pin" tweets to the top of
your profile page, calling out specific
content you want followers to notice.
Here's a look at the general (and mixed)
reaction bubbling up on, of course,
Twitter:
So, TODAY just exclusively
previewed a twitter redesign. It
looks like facebook. Brace
yourselves for the "old twitter
was better" tweets...
— Eric (@MrEAnders) April 8, 2014
yikes! my head is HUGE in the new
twitter redesign that looks an
awful lot like facebook
— Jed Bramwell (@jedbramwell)
April 8, 2014
Terrible move, beauty of Twitter is
it's not Facebook RT @mashable
Starting today, Twitter is rolling
out new Facebook-like profile
redesign
— John Feeley (@hawks586) April
8, 2014
I love twitter for it's simplicity, to
redesign similar to Facebook will be
a mistake, IMHO.
— Jeff Morgan (@
walespressphoto) April 8, 2014
Never met a redesign I didn't love
to hate MT @mashable Twitter
rolls out new FB-like profile
http://t.co/c2GwNtfo8g
pic.twitter.com/acmVxEnxBg
— Megan Cassella (@mmcassella)
April 8, 2014
Most people will probably hate this,
but I think its an improvement:
http://t.co/Zd7LtRnFbZ
— Mark Ng (@clapfootmark) April
8, 2014
Twitter Rolls Out Its Facebook-
Like Profile Redesign :/ I hate the
New Look.. :/
— Pankaj (@iempk) April 8, 2014
I am clearly in the minority but I
love the new Twitter profile
redesign. It looks fresh and clean.
— S2 (@stuhunter) April 8, 2014
So much outrage this morning on
Twitter about out the (FB-
similar) profile redesign. When is
the last time you actually viewed a
profile?
— Matt Galligan (@mg) April 8,
2014
I actually do not hate the @
twitter redesign. http://t.co/
ABaD0ZZiij
— R Y A N (@mayanrelic) April 8,
2014
All Twitter users will get the redesign in
the "coming weeks." Take our poll below
and let us know your thoughts on
redesign in the comments.
Have something to add to this story?
Share it in the comments.
look a lot like Facebook , and chances
are, you have a pretty strong opinion
about it.
Nearly two months after the company
quietly tested a new layout among a
small group of users, news first reported
by Mashable, Twitter is officially rolling
out a new design starting on Tuesday.
Social media users are notoriously
adverse to change, with the slightest
update often awakening the most
critical of members, so it's not
surprising the news brought a bevy of
negative reactions, mostly with users
calling it out as too similar to Facebook.
SEE ALSO: 14 Facebook Tools You Didn't
Know Existed
Among the major changes is that the
user's main picture and bio are now
scaled to the left, and there is
significantly more real estate dedicated
to the header photo. The revamped
timeline makes tweets look larger and
there is greater focus on photos.
Although the original test had "tiles" or
"cards" that moved away from a
vertical timeline, this design reinstates
what we're used to seeing.
In addition, tweets with more
engagement appear larger in user
timelines, and you can filter based on
photos/videos, replies and so on. It's also
possible to "pin" tweets to the top of
your profile page, calling out specific
content you want followers to notice.
Here's a look at the general (and mixed)
reaction bubbling up on, of course,
Twitter:
So, TODAY just exclusively
previewed a twitter redesign. It
looks like facebook. Brace
yourselves for the "old twitter
was better" tweets...
— Eric (@MrEAnders) April 8, 2014
yikes! my head is HUGE in the new
twitter redesign that looks an
awful lot like facebook
— Jed Bramwell (@jedbramwell)
April 8, 2014
Terrible move, beauty of Twitter is
it's not Facebook RT @mashable
Starting today, Twitter is rolling
out new Facebook-like profile
redesign
— John Feeley (@hawks586) April
8, 2014
I love twitter for it's simplicity, to
redesign similar to Facebook will be
a mistake, IMHO.
— Jeff Morgan (@
walespressphoto) April 8, 2014
Never met a redesign I didn't love
to hate MT @mashable Twitter
rolls out new FB-like profile
http://t.co/c2GwNtfo8g
pic.twitter.com/acmVxEnxBg
— Megan Cassella (@mmcassella)
April 8, 2014
Most people will probably hate this,
but I think its an improvement:
http://t.co/Zd7LtRnFbZ
— Mark Ng (@clapfootmark) April
8, 2014
Twitter Rolls Out Its Facebook-
Like Profile Redesign :/ I hate the
New Look.. :/
— Pankaj (@iempk) April 8, 2014
I am clearly in the minority but I
love the new Twitter profile
redesign. It looks fresh and clean.
— S2 (@stuhunter) April 8, 2014
So much outrage this morning on
Twitter about out the (FB-
similar) profile redesign. When is
the last time you actually viewed a
profile?
— Matt Galligan (@mg) April 8,
2014
I actually do not hate the @
twitter redesign. http://t.co/
ABaD0ZZiij
— R Y A N (@mayanrelic) April 8,
2014
All Twitter users will get the redesign in
the "coming weeks." Take our poll below
and let us know your thoughts on
redesign in the comments.
Have something to add to this story?
Share it in the comments.
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