Ever wondered what the people you follow on Twitter say when you aren’t on the service? Instead of scrolling back, Twitter introduced a new “While you were away” feature to its users. They first talked about this in November as part of their plan to boost user engagement. This feature shows a recap of tweets since you last opened the app. It will show up at the top of your timeline. We don’t exactly know how Twitter chooses which tweets get the special mention. It most likely involves retweets and favorites.
According to The Verge, it doesn’t break up the flow of your Twitter feed too much. It isn’t available for everyone just yet but there seem to be a large number of users who have it already. We’ll just have to wait a bit for the official announcement and wider rollout.
Source: TechCrunch | Via: The Verge