I’m not actually sure why Elon Musk is so frustrated by mess in the primary X feed, however for some factor, he wishes to eliminate as much as definitely possible, in order to make it a more “tidy”, easy UI.
Which may be more appealing, I think, however …
Musk’s newest tip along this line is to get rid of the date/time markers from the primary X feed, so that you simply have a clear, scrolling row of posts, with the primary post itself being the focus.
As reported by Fortune:
The proposition of eliminating date stamps would be restricted to the timeline of posts on X, according to the source. If a user clicks through on the post, the date of when the post was produced would then show up. Musk has actually informed staffers he thinks the modification will enhance the interface of X.”
Which is along the exact same lines as Musk’s push to get rid of all function buttons and engagement counts in-stream, which would leave posts appearing like this:
iOS users can now allow this display screen, by shutting off engagement buttons and efficiency information on posts, as an optional setting, while they can likewise turn on X’s side-swiping functions to connect with posts, instead of tapping manual buttons.
At one phase, X was aiming to execute this for all users, at Elon’s demand, however it now appears to have actually alleviated back on that push, making it an optional UI rather.
Under this brand-new proposition, nevertheless, X would likewise be aiming to eliminate the time/date indication, in addition to the function buttons and efficiency counts.
Which would leave the primary feed looking something like this:
That would in fact make routine X posts look extremely comparable to X advertisements, which likewise do not consist of a time/date stamp.
And truthfully, I believe that it would increase engagement, since individuals would not have the context of time to understand how fresh posts remain in the primary feed. X might reveal you a post from days back, and your instinctive response would be to the material itself, not to the date that it was published, which may increase your propensity to respond. Since perhaps you ‘d feel less likely to respond to an older, less prompt upgrade, seeming like you ‘d failed or pattern.
As Fortune points out, it might likewise lead to more false information being shared in the app:
Some X staffers think getting rid of the dates will make the platform unnecessarily “complicated” and will likely makeconcerns of false informationon the platform even worse. Historically, many users of Twitter, and now X, just delicately scroll on the platform, seldom clicking through on specific posts. The lack of dates from the timeline would likely leave most users without essential context about details they are seeing.”
You might see a post from days or weeks back,
