Boston, MA 02/12/2014 (wallstreetpr) – Facebook Inc (NASDAQ:FB) can take pride in its popularity as rival Twitter Inc (NYSE:TWTR) seeks to redesign itself as look alike. Twitter pages would appear more like Facebook’s timelines if it were to keep the new design.
Similarities
Twitter Inc (NYSE:TWTR) is testing a new design which is noted on only some users’ pages as of now which has an appearance matching closely with Facebook’s present timelines. The design seems to lay emphasis on photo sharing and includes a wide background picture near the top of the user page with a relatively smaller picture upload section on the left. This is very similar to the users’ profile pages on rival social network Facebook Inc (NASDAQ:FB) currently. The revamped tweet stream is also nothing like Twitter’s signature style as it is seen to be diverting from the strictly vertical timeline it usually features.
To attracts users
As compared to the more popular social networking media, Facebook Inc (NASDAQ:FB), which has as many as 1.2 billion users, Twitter Inc (NYSE:TWTR) has a relatively low number of users of 241 million. The company said it restructures its product design every year to attract more customers and ensure they stay loyal for a stretched period allured by the newer designs. This move is a part of the company’s microblogging service’s effort to enhance user interests and to boost up the company’s slowing growth. The restructured twitter page expects to offer its users better ease of usage. The pages will now be more content oriented to allow ease of access as compared to a chronological orientation.
During the initial design test period, Twitter Inc (NYSE:TWTR) had rolled out the new pages only to some users. The first one to notice the difference the new design offers was an editor at Mashable named Matt Petronzio, who reported the changes first on Tuesday. Following him, an editor at TIME.com reported the new design when he noticed the huge change on his Twitter profile page.
