Have you noticed the Twitter timeline getting an auto-refresh while reading a tweet? Online reports suggest that it will soon be fixed. US-based social networking platform Twitter recently announced that they are working to fix this issue as soon as possible.
Twitter Support page reported that the company will be rolling out updates over the next couple of months that will fix this issue. It will upgrade the way the tweets are shown to stop them from disappearing.
Twitter on its support page noted, “The background: a Tweet would move up the timeline as replies were added to the ongoing convo. Since some convos can evolve quickly, this made it so you didn’t see the same Tweet repeated in the TL. Our changes will keep your TL fresh and keep Tweets from disappearing mid-read.”
Auto-refresh is a good feature in theory and it’s definitely useful for live-tweeting but the refresh happens at some very inconvenient times, like right in the middle of reading a tweet. The timeline zooms back up to the top and the user loses track of what they were reading.
Although it might look like a strange move for the company, it is a serious issue for several users that needs to be fixed.
Twitter has been testing and implementing several features over the last few months. One of the newest features rolled out by the company is the new Timeline look, it’s quite similar to Facebook’s news feed.
The new timeline design works differently on iOS devices. It takes videos, images, GIFs and stretches them to the full-width on Apple products. This is a key change that gives the app running on iOS an edge-to-edge design that erases the margins on all sides.
Twitter said, “Now testing on iOS: Edge to edge Tweets that span the width of the timeline so your photos, GIFs, and videos can have more room to shine.”
Temporary fix for the issue
If you want to restrict your Twitter feed from constantly auto-refreshing then locate the “Reduce motion” option under the “Motion” section in the “Accessibility” part of your profile settings.
Uncheck the checkbox to disable the auto-scrolling feature. You can still see the Twitter notification that tells you there are new Tweets at the top to read but this won’t ensure Twitter to stop auto-scrolling your feed. It can happen even with these settings on, but the frequency of this happening will be reduced.
The company hasn’t confirmed the exact date of implementing the new features.
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