{"id":6036,"date":"2022-09-21T16:54:42","date_gmt":"2022-09-21T16:54:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/craighordlow.com\/index.php\/2022\/09\/21\/how-twitter-uses-signals-to-help-you-discover-more-content-creators-and-accounts\/"},"modified":"2022-09-21T16:54:42","modified_gmt":"2022-09-21T16:54:42","slug":"how-twitter-uses-signals-to-help-you-discover-more-content-creators-and-accounts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/craighordlow.com\/index.php\/2022\/09\/21\/how-twitter-uses-signals-to-help-you-discover-more-content-creators-and-accounts\/","title":{"rendered":"How Twitter uses Signals to help you discover more content, creators, and accounts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Twitter recommendations are designed to help you \u201cenrich your Twitter experience\u201d by showing Tweets from people you may not follow, based on actions you take on Twitter such as liking, following, or retweeting. <\/p>\n<p><strong>How Twitter uses Signals. <\/strong>Twitter uses Signals to recommend new content. Signals include topics you follow, posts you\u2019ve liked, accounts you follow, and Tweets that people in your network like. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Where recommendations appear.<\/strong> You\u2019ll see recommendations in your Home timeline, as well as in the Explore tab. Recommendations show just below a small notification that says \u201cYou might like.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/searchengineland.com\/wp-content\/seloads\/2022\/09\/how-recommendations-help-discover-more-twitter-1.jpg.img_.fullhd.medium-800x450.jpg\" alt=\"| Craig Hordlow\" class=\"wp-image-388121\" title=\"| Craig Hordlow\"><\/figure>\n<p><strong>Controlling your recommendations.<\/strong> If you don\u2019t want to see a certain recommendation, you can select \u201cNot interested in this Tweet\/Topic\u201d from the Tweet menu. If you like or Retweet a recommendation, it sends the signal that you find it interesting. <\/p>\n<p>You can use the \u201csparkle\u201d icon at the top right corner of your Home timeline. This icon lets you toggle between seeing top \u201cFor You\u201d Tweets, which include recommendations from accounts and Topics you don\u2019t follow, and \u201cLatest\u201d Tweets from only the accounts you do follow.\u00a0<\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-text-color has-background has-cyan-bluish-gray-background-color has-cyan-bluish-gray-color\">\n<p><!-- START INLINE FORM --><\/p>\n<div class=\"nl-inline-form border py-2 px-1 my-2\">\n<div class=\"row align-items-center\">\n<div class=\"col-12 col-lg-3 col-xl-4 pe-md-0 pb-2 pb-lg-0\">\n<p class=\"inline-form-text text-center mb-0\">Get the daily newsletter search marketers rely on.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"col-12 col-lg-7 col-xl-6  pe-lg-0\">\n<div class=\"form-nl-inline\">\n<div class=\"row g-0\">\n<div class=\"form-group col-12 col-lg-8 mb-0\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"col-12 col-lg-4 col-xl-4 mb-0\">\n<div class=\"d-none\">\n<p>Processing\u2026Please wait.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<button class=\"btn btn-dark inlineButton w-100 rounded-0 font-weight-bold\" type=\"submit\" name=\"submit_button\">SUBSCRIBE<\/button>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"col-12 col-lg-2 col-xl-2 ps-1\">\n<p class=\"text-center mb-0\"><a class=\"nl-terms\" href=\"https:\/\/searchengineland.com\/termsofuse\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">See terms.<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- END INLINE FORM --><\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-text-color has-background has-cyan-bluish-gray-background-color has-cyan-bluish-gray-color\">\n<p><strong>How Twitter improves recommendations.<\/strong> A new &#8220;X&#8221; design on Tweets makes it much easier to remove a Tweet from your Home timeline if you don&#8217;t want to see it. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/searchengineland.com\/wp-content\/seloads\/2022\/09\/how-recommendations-help-discover-more-twitter-2.jpg.img_.fullhd.medium-1-800x450.jpg\" alt=\"| Craig Hordlow\" class=\"wp-image-388123\" title=\"| Craig Hordlow\"><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/searchengineland.com\/wp-content\/seloads\/2022\/09\/how-recommendations-help-discover-more-twitter-3.jpg.img_.fullhd.medium-800x450.jpg\" alt=\"| Craig Hordlow\" class=\"wp-image-388124\" title=\"| Craig Hordlow\"><\/figure>\n<p><strong>Dig deeper.<\/strong> If you want to read the full blog post from Twitter, you can do so <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.twitter.com\/en_us\/topics\/product\/2022\/how-recommendations-help-discover-more-twitter\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">here<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Why we care. <\/strong>Browsing social media should be a seamless, hassle-free experience. You follow people you know, like, and trust because you want to see what they&#8217;re posting and because you&#8217;re interested in what they have to say. Seeing posts from accounts you don&#8217;t follow can be a nuisance if they&#8217;re not closely aligned with your beliefs and interests. <\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;re seeing too many posts you&#8217;re not interested in, try using the &#8220;Latest&#8221; feature to only see posts from accounts you already know. Or do like I do and &#8220;X&#8221; them all out. <\/p>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/searchengineland.com\/how-twitter-uses-signals-to-help-you-discover-more-content-creators-and-accounts-388119\" target=\"_blank\">How Twitter uses Signals to help you discover more content, creators, and accounts<\/a> appeared first on <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/searchengineland.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Search Engine Land<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Twitter recommendations are designed to help you \u201cenrich your Twitter experience\u201d by showing Tweets from people you may not follow, based on actions you take on Twitter such as liking, following, or retweeting. How Twitter uses Signals. Twitter uses Signals to recommend new content. Signals include topics you follow, posts you\u2019ve liked, accounts you follow, and Tweets that people in your network like. Where recommendations appear. You\u2019ll see recommendations in your Home timeline, as well as in the Explore tab. 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