Mandatory racism: another vital part of the Consistent User Experience™.
I’ve decided not to use official Twitter clients until the trend bar is either an option or gone altogether. This situation is exactly why. To be clear, I have no issues with ad-supported software. If Twitter wants to run an ad at the top of the scrollview, Twiterrific-style, I’m all for it. It’s your platform. Monetize away. But the problem with the trend bar implementation is that I’m being subjected to what I find to be the poor taste of millions of mouth-breathing buffoons in my own timeline.
To put it another way, it feels like Twitter put up a Thomas Kinkade in my living room. While many people may truly enjoy the Painter of Light™, I am not one of them.
Designers still cringing, users confused by lack of regulation and I’m back to where it all began and properly should have stayed, with the Echofon app. Oh, I also plan to make a conscious effort to incorporate the phrase “mouth-breathing buffoons” into my daily existence.
