Elon Musk's new Twitter updates haven't been well received by netizens, with some calling the social media platform an inferior version of TikTok.
What Happened: Twitter replaced the Home and Latest tabs with For You and Following. The update has been released on iOS and allows users to swipe to switch timelines instead of tapping on the star icon.
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As part of a larger User Interface, or UI overhaul, users will be able to swipe to move between recommended and followed tweets.
Twitter has reportedly brought back cropped image previews. The full-frame image update was introduced in May 2021.
Some people called it a second-rate TikTok knock-off, while others asked chief Twit to bring back the old timeline features because of Musk's lackluster updates.
This isn't the first time that Musk has been facing backlash from tweeps over some Twitter updates or features.
In November of last year, several users took to Twitter to express their frustration about the coveted Blue check being monetized.
In December, Twitter users complained about the amount of ads that made their experience less pleasant on the microblogging site. Musk assured users that the team would fix the issue.
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