> Twitter has revealed that “election misinformation” changes it introduced last month slashed overall sharing on the platform and caused trending topics in the “For You” tab to be less relevant.
> These changes include Twitter directing users to the quote tweet composer when they attempt to retweet, Twitter only showing trending topics in the “For You” tab when they have Twitter-approved “context,” Twitter labeling and hiding tweets that it deems to be “disputed” or “potentially misleading,” and Twitter directing users to “credible” information via warning prompts whenever they attempt to retweet something that has been branded “misleading.”
> In a blog post about the impact of these changes, Twitter wrote that its decision to start directing users to the quote tweet composer when they attempt to retweet caused a 23% decrease in retweets and a 26% increase in quote tweets but overall, total retweets and quote tweets on the platform declined by 20%.
>> Twitter has revealed that “election misinformation” changes it introduced last month slashed overall sharing on the platform and caused trending topics in the “For You” tab to be less relevant.
>> These changes include Twitter directing users to the quote tweet composer when they attempt to retweet, Twitter only showing trending topics in the “For You” tab when they have Twitter-approved “context,” Twitter labeling and hiding tweets that it deems to be “disputed” or “potentially misleading,” and Twitter directing users to “credible” information via warning prompts whenever they attempt to retweet something that has been branded “misleading.”
>> In a blog post about the impact of these changes, Twitter wrote that its decision to start directing users to the quote tweet composer when they attempt to retweet caused a 23% decrease in retweets and a 26% increase in quote tweets but overall, total retweets and quote tweets on the platform declined by 20%.
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