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Elon Musk has turned to Twitter over the past few days to reveal some of the new features that are expected to be rolled out early next week.
Twitter about To be enhanced with several features that are expected to improve the user interface of the social media app.
Some of the improvements include the ability to swipe between recommended and followed tweets, Create long tweetsand bookmark tweets with the touch of a button.
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One user tweeted to Musk saying he wanted to be able to italicize regular tweets to focus on words, like in comic books.
Musk said that simple formatting such as bolding, underlining, and font size will be added later in the quarter.
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Another user posted that users would be able to post 4,000-word tweets, which raised questions about how they would appear on the timeline, or whether the post would appear elsewhere in the app.
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According to Musk, the 4,000-word tweet will appear like any other tweet in the timeline, giving users the ability to click through to read more.
“The goal is to allow people to post the original on Twitter, rather than forcing them to use another website,” he said. Twitter will continue to recommend brevity in Tweets.
Musk indicated that the ability to scroll between recommended and followed tweets will be rolled out later this week, and a bookmark button will be rolled out the following week.
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As for the long tweets, Musk said they should be published in early February.
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