Twitter Android app for Tablets

Last week, Twitter released an app that is optimized for Android tablets.

It was available on the Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1-2014 Edition, while the app wasn’t available on other Android tablets.

Since October 15, Twitter for Android Tablets app and widget are available on most Samsung tablets. Download it from Samsung Apps here.

Twitter conversations

Twitter Conversations - It has been very hard to track a conversation on Twitter. With the new update it has become easier to track a whole conversation rather than just looking at tweets as open strings

Some important points to note are:

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  On the home timeline, upto 3 tweets are shown with blue dotted lines.


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  Tap on a tweet to see more tweets on the conversation.


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  Retweeting is old; you can now share the whole conversation via email from web and as tweets on mobile apps.

Check the updates and other mobile apps update on Twitter Blog - Keep up with conversations on Twitter.

This has seen a vast negative comments on the webosphere, check the changes and post your thoughts as comments below.

Twitter - Report individual Tweet

Twitter has updated the Twitter Rules and an option to report individual tweet. These changes are implemented following threats received by some prominent female users in the U.K.

They are also in the process to make the ability to reports threats, scam or abuse easier.

To report a Tweet:

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   Navigate to the Tweet you’d like to report.


2. 
   Tap the ••• icon to bring up the off-screen menu.


3. 
   Select Report Tweet and then one of the options below.


4. 
   Select Submit (or Next if reporting abuse; see below for details) or Cancel to complete the report or block the user.+

"Reporting a Tweet for violations" feature is currently only available on Twitter for iOS and mobile.twitter.com for smartphone browsers. This has been rolled out publicly.

Blocking people on Twitter has been the easiest way to stay away from spammer and abusers earlier. This seems to be an addtional one.

Do you think rules against scam/abuse should be still stronger? Post your thoughts on the Twitter update as comments below...