Twitter view counts begin showing prominently

View counts for tweets are beginning to present up for some Twitter customers — a minimum of for their very own tweets. On December 1st, Musk promised the function could be coming for “all tweets, just as view count is shown for all videos,” an announcement he reiterated a week later including that it could be coming “in a few weeks.”

One Verge workers member has began to see a counter when he clicks into his posts. While a few other Twitter customers have reported getting the function as effectively, it doesn’t appear to be out there to everybody but (for instance, at time of writing I’m presently not seeing view counts on any tweets apart from movies). My coworker additionally says that he’s presently not in a position to see view counts on different customers’ tweets.

In its present state, the function isn’t offering any new data. You’ve lengthy been in a position to turn on analytics for your account, and see what number of “impressions” your tweets have been getting. However, doing so does require clicking on an analytics button; the view counter places it proper in your face.

It’s unclear whether or not Musk supposed for customers to have the ability to see what number of views different peoples’ tweets are getting. His remark concerning the function being “just like videos,” whose view counts are public for different customers, does make it seem to be it’s best to be capable of see what number of views different peoples’ tweets have been getting. We’d ask Twitter for clarification on the matter, but it surely now not has a communications division. Musk hasn’t lately tweeted concerning the function.