Twitter Provides Context With Related Headlines Feature

Twitter is great for breaking news or for grabbing a public comment from a celebrity. It's not always as thorough in providing context

The micro-blogging network is trying to change that with an update it rolled out on Monday. The new feature shares "related headlines" for a tweet; a list of web stories that provide additional context from various media outlets. Open up a tweet by clicking the 'details' button or miniature time stamp in the upper right corner and you see a list of web stories in which that tweet was embedded

Not all tweets will have related headlines, of course — only tweets popular or relevant enough to have been embedded in a post. The new feature is intended to provide tweets with a little more context by offering a glimpse at "the stories behind a Tweet," according to Twitter's blog Read more...