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This article was published February 6, 2016 at 18:39.
the last change is the February 6, 2016 at 21:00.

the latest rumor, launched by BuzzFeed, is one of those strong: in a few days Twitter will launch a new algorithm and a new look. An important change that will transform significantly the social twittering. The timeline, it seems, will not be sorted in chronological order, with the tweets that appear in the most recent order on, but it will be rethought with an order that will reflect the user’s interests. In essence, therefore, accessing Twitter will not see plus the latest tweets posted by your contacts, but those that the algorithm deems most interesting according to the habits and your interests. It is still unclear whether the change will be constricting or if Twitter will leave the choice to each individual user in the options. But according to Buzzfeed, Dorsey would be convinced: the timeline in Facebook style seems to have already been tested on a sample of users and is said to have met with consensus.

A change which – together with those announced a few weeks ago concerning the abolition of the 140-character limit – will make Twitter a social network similar to Facebook. And that, in fact, has already sparked discontent among users. The news on new intentions of Dorsey and members spread rapidly, and the hashtag #RipTwitter grew quickly enough. The idea to also change the temporal order of the tweet, in fact, seems to distort too Twitter, which in recent years has often proved an infallible company in terms of propagation of news, so as to make unwitting competitor News agency. Especially on occasions of special events (earthquakes, bombings etc.), Twitter has always played a major role. And the change put on the agenda by the CEO leaves many doubts.

Twitter, as mentioned, is going through a difficult period. A few weeks ago four top managers have left the company. In recent months the social network has made headlines for changes to the top management, but also for the dismissal of 8% of its employees and to the idea of ​​abandoning the limit of 140 characters raising it to ten thousand. All signs of restlessness, of transformation. Dorsey played around with the last card.

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