Twitter brings back chronological timeline

Twitter announced on Monday that users can now choose to see a chronological feed of tweets from the people they follow, a feature that restores the platform’s original format.

The change will allow users to opt out of the company’s attempts to use algorithms to determine what tweets might seem more important, a feature that was not popular among some on the platform.

Twitter CEO and co-founder Jack Dorsey tweeted out the news to his more than 4 million followers on Tuesday morning. The change was generally greeted with positive responses from Twitter users.

Did Twitter just restore the chronological timeline? Is that nightmare over?

— Craig Bro Dude (@CraigSJ) September 18, 2018

The company launched its algorithm-driven timeline in Feb. 2016, altering users’ timelines to show the “best” tweets tailored to the individual users’ interests.

“Our goal with the timeline is to balance showing you the most recent Tweets with the best Tweets you’re likely to care about,” the company tweeted, “but we don’t always get this balance right.”