Twitter is making changes to how it displays retweets with comments. This could be huge as it addresses a long-standing issue.

Twitter is immensely popular and it still stands on its own as the best way to interact with public figures and celebrities directly, through social media. Platforms like TikTok and Instagram are great for people who follow celebrities who post frequently, but direct interactions are hard to come by since they're mostly limited to comments on videos that go unread. However, Twitter's uniqueness also comes with tons of quirks that make it weirdly unintuitive. Since every conversation is its own tweet, it can be hard to engage and reply. What's worse is that system will probably never change.

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Fortunately, Twitter's next change is a big step in the right direction. The official Twitter account profile posted that some iOS users can now enjoy a feed of retweets with comments. That means if you post a tweet and people retweet it with their own comments, you'll be able to see those comments and engage with them. To access it, just click the Retweet button under the tweet, next to the number of retweets. The update is currently only enabled on iOS devices, but Twitter announced plans to add it to Android and browser versions of the app "in the coming weeks".

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Before this update, the retweet count button was practically useless for years, and most people probably didn't know it was selectable. Clicking it would bring up a screen showing the name of every account that retweeted the post, with the option to follow them from there. Now it will also show what their comment was when they retweeted, which is great for tweets that pose questions to your Twitter audience. It opens doors for more engagement and interaction on Twitter, which can sometimes feel like spouting a few characters into a void.

Right now, for people who haven't yet received the update, the only way to get a comprehensive list of retweet comments is to copy the original tweet's URL and paste it into Twitter's search bar. That produces a list of every tweet containing that tweet, which means it'll show retweets as well. It's as cumbersome as it sounds, and the only way people would know to try that route is if they went out of their way to search for a solution online. Sometimes, massively popular social media platforms can be victims of their own success and leave years-old problems unsolved simply because they'll continue to grow their user bases despite the issues. It's always nice to see platforms adjust to becoming more user-friendly.

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Source: Twitter