Just because there’s room to stuff more information into an interface, doesn’t mean that’s what I want. Even the much-maligned single column is actually very much a benefit to me. I’m just not one of them, so for me the native app provides a consistent and enjoyable window into the network on iPhone and iPad. That said, I recognize that some folks who are “power users” really benefit from multiple timelines, filtering, and all those good things. If I want to see things chronologically I can (I’m pretty sure that’s still a thing you can toggle) but I honestly haven’t done it since they made the algorithmic timeline an option. I see good tweets from people I follow, I see new stuff from outside my bubble that makes me think, smile, or wonder (discovery is just way better on the native app), and I can interact with all the various features of the platform as intended. I used to be a timeline completionist and now I can’t imagine spending that much time on Twitter (or any other network). And the reason is that, after my initial resistance when it was released, I found that Twitter’s algorithmic timeline made the network way more satisfying and way less of a time sink to browse. I know it’s desperately uncool for a tech geek to admit this, but I’ve been using the native app exclusively for I guess nearly two years now and don’t miss third party options at all-having previously been a loyal Tweetbot and Twitterific user.įor me the question has ended up reversed: what do the third-party options offer that I would find appealing? The answer for me, as it turns out, is nothing.
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