Thursday, July 22, 2021

Twitter has new bookmarks that will allow you to categorize your saved tweets.

 For those who save lots of tweets, this will be a welcome development.

Jane Manchun Wong is a reverse engineer expert and has posted a new discovery that Twitter is developing a new folders option in the Bookmarks tab. This would allow users to save tweets to a variety of categories or 'Collections' as Twitter calls them.

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The new process will allow you to create category folders in your Bookmarks tab, as you can see. The new process would allow you to select which collection or folder you want to save tweets to when you bookmark them in-stream (last image above).

That could provide a handy way to keep tabs on various tweets of interest - while it could also point to the platform's gradually evolving eCommerce tools, with the folders providing another way to keep track of products that you may be interested in, helping to maximize shopping behavior.

At its recent Analyst Day overview, Twitter provided a basic update on its in-development eCommerce tools, with Twitter's Revenue Product Lead Bruce Falck explaining that:

We know that people use Twitter to connect with brands and talk about their favorite products. You may even have seen some businesses using our platform to generate sales. This demand is a sign of confidence in our ability to combine real-time communication with an engaged, intentional audience. Imagine being able to quickly find and purchase a trendy sneaker or skincare product from a brand that you follow in just a few clicks. "

This could be similar to Instagram's Collections option or saved pins on Pinterest. This basically turns the option into an online shopping list. The ability to move each saved tweet into a specific group could also enhance this functionality.

This seems to be a simple and effective way of increasing engagement with saved tweets. Twitter should have added this feature sooner. It seems that it is on the right track, as Wong posted a design sample.

These screenshots also show the Spaces tab at the bottom of the function bar. Wong posted about it back in March. This also seems set for a larger launch, considering the wider expansion of Spaces to other users earlier in the month.

This will make Spaces more discoverable. Twitter will also be looking to implement algorithmic matching to ensure that the most relevant Spaces are highlighted for users in this tab.

It seems probable that both features will be available very soon. We will keep you informed about any developments.

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