Hands on with the new Twitter Timeline: Don't expect fireworks

Relax. Twitter's new Timeline algorithm is pretty tame.

Nearly 24 hours after Twitter first announced a new Twitter Timeline option to load "Best Tweets First" on your Twitter timeline, followed by your regular reverse-chronological tweet stream, the option finally started showing up early Thursday morning on desktop (Web) and mobile.

I'd been checking my Twitter desktop settings on and off all day yesterday and did it first thing this morning at 5:30 a.m. ET. There it was. I also checked with co-workers in London who, interestingly, still didn't have it. While the rollout is supposed to be global, some regions are probably being greenlit before others. Read more...