#RIPTwitter: Boss hints what will REALLY happen to timelines – but users STILL not happy

TWITTER boss Jack Dorsey has hinted at what will really happen to users’ timelines after a furious campaign was mounted under the #RIPTwitter hashtag.

 

Twitter is facing slow user growth and has been trying to make its service more appealing

 

It had been reported that the social network was going to introduce an algorithm to show relevant tweets rather than a real-time stream.

But chief executive Jack Dorsey took to Twitter on Saturday to dispute the report.

Read what Twitter's boss had to say about the #RIPTwitter campaign...

Hello Twitter! Regarding #RIPTwitter: I want you all to know we're always listening. We never planned to reorder timelines next week.

— Jack (@jack) February 6, 2016

Twitter is live. Twitter is real-time. Twitter is about who & what you follow. And Twitter is here to stay! By becoming more Twitter-y.

— Jack (@jack) February 6, 2016

Look at "while you were away" at the top of your TL. Tweets you missed from people you follow. Pull to refresh to go back to real-time.

— Jack (@jack) February 6, 2016

I *love* real-time. We love the live stream. It's us. And we're going to continue to refine it to make Twitter feel more, not less, live!

— Jack (@jack) February 6, 2016

Twitter can help make connections in real-time based on dynamic interests and topics, rather than a static social/friend graph. We get it.

— Jack (@jack) February 6, 2016

Thank you all for your passion and trust. We will continue to work to earn it, and we will continue to listen, and talk!

— Jack (@jack) February 6, 2016

But despite his intervention, users were still not happy. One wrote: "Why doesn't anyone believe you? Oh yes, your actions for the past six months."

Mr Dorsey's comments came after a furious backlash over the reported plans, with users of the 140-character micro-blogging getting #RIPTwitter trending.

 

Twitter boss Jack Dorsey has faced a tumultuous period at the helm of the social network

 

One wrote: "Twitter, I use you because you aren't facebook...so stop trying to be like facebook #RIPtwitter"

Benjamin Allbright added: "I have no idea why @Twitter is doing its best to become everything everyone hates about facebook. Add an edit button & be done. #RIPTwitter"

Daniel Bostic wrote: "I'm confused as to why Twitter is so hellbent on destroying Twitter? #RIPTwitter"

 

Twitter is facing slowing user growth and has been trying to make its service more appealing with a feature called Moments.

It compiles photos, videos and messages about big news events.

Twitter reveals its quarterly earnings later this week.