The micro-blogging site has once again moved away from its initial mission statement of utter simplicity, cramming a good deal of information onto the shiny new homepage. New additions include a search bar, a list of trending topics divided by the minute, day, and week, and the tagline, “share and discover what's happening right now, anywhere in the world."
“Twitter began as a rudimentary social tool based on the concept of status messages but together with those who use it every day, the service has taught us what it wants to be," co-founder Biz Stone wrote in a Tuesday blog post. “From features invented by users to applications built on the platform, we're still discovering potential. Twitter has moved from simple social networking into a new kind of communication and a valuable source of timely information."
My guess is that it's another sign of the site's push toward the mainstream. Twitter used to employ something of an “either you get it or you don't" approach. The friendly new start page is more along the lines of a “come one, come all," angle.
“Twitter began as a rudimentary social tool based on the concept of status messages but together with those who use it every day, the service has taught us what it wants to be," co-founder Biz Stone wrote in a Tuesday blog post. “From features invented by users to applications built on the platform, we're still discovering potential. Twitter has moved from simple social networking into a new kind of communication and a valuable source of timely information."
My guess is that it's another sign of the site's push toward the mainstream. Twitter used to employ something of an “either you get it or you don't" approach. The friendly new start page is more along the lines of a “come one, come all," angle.
