Twitter Simplifies Conversations By Threading Replies

Twitter acts as a digital town square.

People gather to discuss all sorts of topics, but it's not exactly easy to understand where a particular conversation started and who's replying to different parts of it.

Maybe that'll improve over time now that Twitter's rolling out threaded replies to some users.

In a tweet, Twitter announced a .

Twitter normally displays replies by illustrating a straight line between profile pictures, but it doesn't mean much in scenarios when several users are replying throughout the same conversation.

Threaded replies, however, will indent replies to a specific tweet in order to show which tweets are getting responded to.

So you're able to take a glance at a tweet and understand its replies based on where the thread indents replies.

Threaded replies will not flood your timeline.

Just as it does currently, Twitter will only display replies from people you follow.

Yet you will find threaded replies' design utilized when opening a tweet and viewing it directly.

Overall, threaded replies should clearly define the routes a conversation has taken.

We've given conversations a makeover on iOS.

When people you follow are in a conversation, you'll see their replies in a new way in your Home timeline.

This new layout makes it easier to see who's replying to who so you can join in on relevant conversations.

— Twitter Support (@TwitterSupport)

Streamlining the layout of tweets and replies in users' feeds started last year.

Twitter tested threaded replies on its experimental app, Twttr, but stopped short of detailing its path to the stable version.

It's finally here, and now Twitter can clean up the mess caused by the existing design.

Twitter didn't state if its iOS app needs an update for the feature to go live.

It appears as a server-side tweak, and that'll let Twitter monitor its rollout before opening up threaded replies to all users on the platform.

From there, Twitter will expand threaded replies to its Android app, the web, and other platforms.

Expect some tweaks between now and the feature's global availability.

Twitter acts as a digital town square.

People gather to discuss all sorts of topics, but it's not exactly easy to understand where a particular conversation started and who's replying to different parts of it.

Maybe that'll improve over time now that Twitter's rolling out threaded replies to some users.

In a tweet, Twitter announced a .

Twitter normally displays replies by illustrating a straight line between profile pictures, but it doesn't mean much in scenarios when several users are replying throughout the same conversation.

Threaded replies, however, will indent replies to a specific tweet in order to show which tweets are getting responded to.

So you're able to take a glance at a tweet and understand its replies based on where the thread indents replies.

Threaded replies will not flood your timeline.

Just as it does currently, Twitter will only display replies from people you follow.

Yet you will find threaded replies' design utilized when opening a tweet and viewing it directly.

Overall, threaded replies should clearly define the routes a conversation has taken.

We've given conversations a makeover on iOS.

When people you follow are in a conversation, you'll see their replies in a new way in your Home timeline.

This new layout makes it easier to see who's replying to who so you can join in on relevant conversations.

— Twitter Support (@TwitterSupport)

Streamlining the layout of tweets and replies in users' feeds started last year.

Twitter tested threaded replies on its experimental app, Twttr, but stopped short of detailing its path to the stable version.

It's finally here, and now Twitter can clean up the mess caused by the existing design.

Twitter didn't state if its iOS app needs an update for the feature to go live.

It appears as a server-side tweak, and that'll let Twitter monitor its rollout before opening up threaded replies to all users on the platform.

From there, Twitter will expand threaded replies to its Android app, the web, and other platforms.

Expect some tweaks between now and the feature's global availability.