Elon Musk’s Twitter has rolled out a new “view count” on its tweets – and immediately been hit by widespread criticism and mockery.
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The new feature allows anyone to see how many times a certain post has been viewed
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It remains unclear exactly how the number is calculated
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But Mr Musk said that the new count would allow people to see how “alive”
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“Twitter is rolling out View Count, so you can see how many times a tweet has been seen! This is normal for video,” Mr Musk wrote on Twitter.
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“Shows how much more alive Twitter is than it may seem, as over 90 per cent of Twitter users read, but don’t tweet, reply or like, as those are public actions.”
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In another post, Mr Musk noted that tweets are read around 100 times more than they are liked
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The view count appears alongside those more public actions, such as retweets and likes. Some criticised its position
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since it was added in a way that changed the usual design of the site and force those other counters to be pushed out of their usual place.
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In reaction to criticism of the design, Mr Musk posted a poll in which he asked users whether the view count should be moved to a different place within the tweet.