Signing up for Twitter can be a tedious and confusing process for new users. Normally, creating an account means being nudged into listing areas of interest, following some relevant accounts suggested by Twitter — and hoping some of the content that pops up as a result is compelling.
But the days of that lengthy sign-up process may be numbered. As The New York Times reported Monday, Twitter has been testing a new feature called "Instant Timeline" on a subset of Android users since last week.
Instead of manually checking off categories you're interested in, or selecting people to follow, "Instant Timeline" scans your contacts — presuming you grant it permission to do so. It then analyzes those contacts and who they follow, and populates your stream with tweets that Twitter thinks may interest you Read more...
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