I think this is a great change. The technology is evolving as it should and it's making Twitter easier to use.
Thanks team!
Vijay Shetty
· 8 months ago
Things should keep improving with time and that’s what exactly Twitter is doing these days. Currently it’s ranked 91/100 but soon it will reach the top, with its growing popularity among the youth. The changes made in Twitter are a great add on for those of us that use Tweetdeck as it helps track mentions of entities and participants much better than before. It’s more fun to use twitter now, congratulations team from Resultrix Media.
If only the tab were customizable! I tend to use a search that includes not only @louisgray but any mention of "Louis Gray" or louisgray generically, such as links to louisgray.com.
You can't thank the Twitter team for the change, but have to argue for more customization? I agree with you... but this evening's change is better than what it was this morning!
Mack Collier
· 8 months ago
Louis if you use TweetDeck, you can just take that search and save as a search it in a column in TweetDeck. I do exactly that and get replies and mentions of my name funneled to TweetDeck at the same time. Besides I tend to agree with Michael, I think fewer people are using the web interface as time goes by.
Damien Basile
· 8 months ago
I agree with Louis here, but it took Twitter this long to change from @replies to @mentions, so who knows how long it will be before you can customize your @mentions tab. That being said, there have been a lot of changes in the past few weeks. I see more changes coming faster which will all lead up to a viable monetization model launched relatively soon.
WordVerb
· 8 months ago
I see another change on the sidebar - look at the icons of those you follow. The ones with a LOT of followers, like mashable, are now given twice as much space!
Adam Ostrow
· 8 months ago
not noticing this personally ...
Michael J. Pratt
· 8 months ago
That's great and it is a step in the right direction. What % of people even use the Twitter.com interface? Newbies? Logic would dictate that they move off the second they have their A Ha moment and realize it's a lot easier to get a client than hit refresh all the time.
Damien Basile
· 8 months ago
I actually use the web interface and i'm not a Newbie (but i'm not sure what your standards for Newbs are). I'm very visual and like the web interface. I personally can not stand the user interface for Tweetdeck. It may work well for some, but I can not get past the visual aspect of it. I DO have to stare it. I've been using search.twitter.com to search for @db, but now i'll use @db tab because i follow people with locked updates, and their updates do not show up in the public timeline.
Truly a step in the right direction as you say above.
As far as refreshing, I see Twitter adding a on/off switch for stream flow management. Either you can experience your stream in a constant flow or as you refresh it. Eventually I see a speed setting from 'slow' to 'normal' coming into play.
Michael J. Pratt
· 8 months ago
I too am searching for my user nirvana. I am trying Tweetdeck but it's lack of customization challenges my love of it's other features. That and the fact that it has massive memory creep is problematic. I personally need auto refreshing (love your frequency idea) and the ability to view various filtered streams. I used to use Twitterific but it was limiting. Twhirl is just plain garsh. You're clearly not a noob but I wonder how you stay so active via the web interface? Aren't you constantly hitting browser refresh?
This is a great add on for those of us that use Tweetdeck, but realize we can't keep it opened all day because of the distraction (am I the only one?). I love it, but it's too much. This now allows me to stay with good ole' trusty twitter and still allow myself the vanity search of @cdessi to see who's retweeting my insightful and pithy tweets..or not. I like how Twitter understands how obsessively it's user base tracks their own activity and/or that holy grail of validation a RT. This show's me they understand what they have here. Plus they're playing to the vanity of it's growing user base - perfect! thanks Adam!
Sean
· 8 months ago
Simply amazing! What will twitter think of next!
isaacson
· 8 months ago
ummm, that's great except she no work. i'm still only seeing @replies no other 'mentions'. #fail
NeedlerFanPudge
· 8 months ago
Awesome change, I hope to see it soon in Twitterfox. Also waiting for the search bar up top to appear on my profile, but hey I got power twitter too so I'm not complaining. Basicallym I'm saying I use a lot of Twitter
Kathy O'Reilly
· 8 months ago
Love this change. Can now track RT's and mentions quicker. Great upgrade. @kathyoreilly
willandbeyond
· 8 months ago
Great update, but it's not working on my end. I see replies in my TweetDeck column that I don't see on my mentions page.
Adam Ostrow
· 8 months ago
yea, it doesn't appear to be working properly yet ...
Tom
· 8 months ago
I welcome this change. It helps track mentions of entities and participants much better. On a selfish note, it helps us when performing semantic analysis of Twitter data. We do not have to do too much NLP stuff. At Twielsen (http://twielsen.com), we have built a TV rating system based on Twitter chatter, so the @mention will help us identify mentions of TV shows and channels much easier. I am looking forward to Twitterers adopting this.
Mark Drapeau
· 8 months ago
Why more people don't use TweetGrid http://tweetgrid.com instead of standalone TweetDeck is mostly a mystery to me. It's more customizable and accessible from any web-connected computer, anytime.
PowerTwitter, the Firefox Addon, has this feature too. It adds a tab called 'Mentions' in the navigation. However, nice to see Twitter implementing it.
Vijay Shetty
· 8 months ago
Things should keep improving with time and that’s what exactly Twitter is doing these days. Currently it’s ranked 91/100 but soon it will reach the top, with its growing popularity among the youth. The changes made in Twitter are a great add on for those of us that use Tweetdeck as it helps track mentions of entities and participants much better than before. It’s more fun to use twitter now, congratulations team from Resultrix Media.
I see the new tab, but the results are still the same for me -- @bitfaker same as Replies, does not include mentions. UPDATE: nevermind, new tweets show up in there.
Adam Ostrow
· 8 months ago
yea, it kinda wasn't working when they announced it ... whoops
Tonći
· 8 months ago
There's another new "feature": you can see replies directed and coming from people you follow. For example: if I follow person_A and person_B, I see all tweets from person_A starting with @person_B and vice versa.. not sure if it's a bug or a feature :P
Mary Specht
· 8 months ago
Finally!
fregime
· 8 months ago
hey guys,
instead of writing 5 twitter stories a day, you may want to look into this..
Really great feature to have, esp. when services like TweepBeep are down. Customization is still a dream.
Triis
· 8 months ago
Great change, glad they finally did it.
Matt Gentile
· 8 months ago
Hey Adam, is that a CENTURY 21 gold jacket you are wearing?
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Ishika Mathew
· 6 months ago
twitter is amazing social network or you can say social bookmarking site using it from long time now..its of great help for me and I am sure its of great help to many others too who are in constant search of learning more and more new things..thanks for the new application...looking forward for more..
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Thanks team!
VJ
www.resultrix.com
For example:
http://search.twitter.com/search?q=louisgray+OR...
The Mentions tab won't get those for me.
Truly a step in the right direction as you say above.
As far as refreshing, I see Twitter adding a on/off switch for stream flow management. Either you can experience your stream in a constant flow or as you refresh it. Eventually I see a speed setting from 'slow' to 'normal' coming into play.
Tony
http://tonybeach.iamagel.com
VJ
www.resultrix.com
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