Translating Twitter's New Conversations

If you're like many users, you've probably found yourself perplexed by the little blue bars that have invaded your Twitter timeline. They're part of an update intended to help you keep track of conversations between people you follow — but if you’re not familiar with it, the new look may be a bit confusing

Let us demystify: On Wednesday, Twitter launched a new conversation view on Twitter.com and its mobile apps. When two or more people you follow are involved in a conversation, Twitter now groups those tweets together on your timeline. The conversation cluster will appear in your timeline chronologically, according to when the last tweet in the conversation was sent. So, if a conversation started an hour ago, but the latest tweet was sent 38 seconds ago, the whole conversation is going to appear at the top of your timeline. Read more...