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NBC News reports:
Twitter has offered the public its first look at a new prototype for the Twitter app, which the company is calling “twttr” in a nod to CEO and co-founder Jack Dorsey’s first tweet, that includes a variety of changes to how Twitter looks and operates, centered on a new format for conversations and color-coded replies.
The prototype also removes the engagement counts showing the number of retweets or “likes” a tweet receives. This change is designed to make Twitter a little friendlier.
The company is also introducing new features to enhance pictures and video on the app in an effort to encourage users to make more use of the cameras on their smartphones, a move that adds features similar to those found on the apps of some of its main competition: Instagram and Snapchat.
Twitter hiding like and RT numbers is an awful decision. Those stats are a transparent way to see that Twitter users are driving the conversation. This move makes it easier for Twitter to decide what trends/goes viral. We need to raise some hell to get Twitter to change its mind.
— Adam Best (@adamcbest) March 13, 2019
For the love of God, @Twitter. All we want is an edit button. If you take away likes and retweets you break your ecosystem. https://t.co/RDZFXsjhpb
— Rick Wilson (@TheRickWilson) March 13, 2019
If Twitter gets rid of likes and retweets I will simply reply “wow this blew up” to all of my tweets and you will just have to take my word for it
— Jules (@Julian_Epp) March 13, 2019
Wow this blew up
— Jules (@Julian_Epp) March 13, 2019