Twitter Use Reconsidered by London Tube After Tweet Feed Change
- London subway mulling how to continue sending service alerts
- CEO wants to help newbies by posting popular tweets first
Passengers wait for a tube train at Bank station in London.
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Twitter Inc.’s reconfigured tweet feed has prompted London’s Tube to re-evaluate how it will use the micro blogging service.
A representative for Transport for London said the authority that oversees the subway system is in talks with Twitter to figure out how commuters can still get real-time service alerts now that the company is ordering tweets by popularity rather than chronologically.