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  • Tinder Is Verifying People Now

    Tinder Is Verifying People Now

    It might sound like a strange thing for famous people to do, but there are plenty of celebrities on Tinder (at least by rumor). Celebs – they’re just like us – swiping right with impunity.

    Now, Tinder wants you to know if it’s your lucky day and you actually matched with a famous person. Tinder is beginning to verify people.

    “Starting today, you may see a verified symbol on some profiles. Now when notable public figures, celebrities and athletes appear in your recommendations, you’ll know it’s for real,” says the company in a blog post.

    Tinder says it wants to do its best to keep its 26 million daily matches real.

    The Tinder verification check mark looks similar to those employed by Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter.

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    Swipe on. And good luck. Hopefully, if you match with someones famous, they’re actually single.

  • Twitter Ads, Coming Soon to Your Profile

    Twitter Ads, Coming Soon to Your Profile

    One of Twitter’s main goals – just like Facebook or any other social network – is the find that perfect balance between advertising and a pleasant user experience. That’s why the company is reportedly torn on whether or not to implement autoplay videos in users’ timelines. That’s why you hear Twitter execs discussing “ratios” all the time (one sponsored tweet per 20 organic tweets, for instance).

    Now, Twitter’s running a test that likely toes that line for many. As of now, Twitter is experimenting with putting ads in your profile.

    From Re/code:

    Twitter is bringing promoted tweets, the app’s signature ad unit, to people’s profile pages as part of a new test. That means when you visit the page of another user, you may find a targeted Twitter ad waiting for you a few tweets into that user’s stream.

    The ads are separated from other tweets by a small bumper that creates a break in the stream, and a label that reads “Suggested by Twitter” — you can see an example at the bottom of this post. A company spokesperson confirmed Twitter is testing the new ad placement.

    These “targeted” ads are only appearing on a small fraction of profiles for now, and only showing up for logged-in users.

    Of course, as Twitter gets further into this test, that could change. Not everyone that uses Twitter is an actual Twitter member – and the percentage of non-logged-in users visiting the site could increase greatly as real time tweets are reinserted into Google search results.

  • Lyft Wants You to Get All Chummy with Your Driver

    Lyft Wants You to Get All Chummy with Your Driver

    Lyft wants you to get to know your driver, and vice versa.

    If you’re the type of person who wants to have a conversation with the person who picks you up from the bar (and there are plenty of you out there), you’ll likely dive right in to a new Lyft feature called Lyft Profiles. The on-demand ride service and Uber competitor plans to roll it out soon on iOS, with Android support coming later.

    So, what are Lyft Profiles?

    Exactly what they sound like, really. Both passengers and drivers will be able to create their own profile – the depth of which is rather shallow. If you’re a driver, your profile will include the date you joined, how many rides you’ve given, your star rating, your hometown, and your favorite music. The user profiles will show most of that, minus the ride count. Both profiles will have an open-ended “About Me” section which can be populated however you like. So, if you don’t really want to talk, you can let drivers know that in your About Me section.

    Or you could just not fill out a Lyft profile. They’re going to be completely optional.

    Of course, Lyft’s goal here is to get everyone in the car friendly with each other in the hopes that it will facilitate a better travel environment. And that could work, given both driver and passenger have a genuine interest in striking up conversations about shared interests.

    “In cities with Lyft Line, we’ve heard countless stories of Line passengers connecting over shared interests or acquaintances. Profiles makes unearthing these small-world connections even easier, and is a big step toward our vision of reconnecting people and communities through better transportation,” says Lyft.

    There’s one more interesting thing about Lyft profiles. They’ll allow you to connect to Facebook so that Lyft can tell you if you and your driver have any mutual friends.

    Oh, you know my ex Tina? How do you know Tina?

    Uh…

    That feature is also optional.

    Ride service companies are constantly on the defensive over concerns about their safety. Uber gets all the press attention when it comes to horrible incidents like rape and assault. There have been incidents involving Lyft drivers in the past, but you see much less of that than you do of Uber driver malfeasance. For Uber’s part, the company continues to say that it’s committed to safety, number one, numero uno, before all else, at all costs, seriously.

    But Lyft hasn’t faced the same criticism and scrutiny as Uber. Of course, Lyft’s not worth $40 billion. It appears that until forced to do otherwise, Lyft will continue to play the we’re all buddies card. It’s working.

    Image via Lyft

  • LinkedIn Makes Profiles More User-Friendly

    LinkedIn announced some changes to profiles aimed at making it easier to manage them.

    As LinkedIn’s Alexis Baird says, “A few weeks ago I had the pleasure of meeting and working with several hundred LinkedIn members in Seattle – from small and medium-sized business owners to students and university advisors. This trip gave me the chance to hear firsthand what some of our members love most about LinkedIn as well as what puzzles them. Top of the ‘puzzles’ list was the LinkedIn profile – what to put on it, what not to put on it, when to edit it, how much time to spend editing it, first person or third person, bullet points or paragraph formats, etc.”

    “To make it easier for members like you, we’ve simplified the profile editing experience on LinkedIn,” she adds.

    For one, LinkedIn has made it so you can just click on areas of your profile to edit it, rather than having to go to “edit”. Just click and type.

    They’ve also added a “View Profile” button at the top, so you can see what your profile looks like to others who see it. They moved optional categories like volunteer work, certifications, etc. to the foreground, and made them easier to add to your profile.

    Finally, there’s a guided edit experience that helps you fill in the missing info. If you’re a premium member, you will also get keyword suggestions to add to your profile to make it more discoverable to the right people.

    LinkedIn has also been making changes to its homepage.

    Image via LinkedIn

  • Twitter’s New Profiles Are Rolling Out to Everyone

    People are resistant to change, and that maxim goes double when the thing that’s changing is their beloved social media profiles. If you’re one of the holdouts who haven’t yet switched over to the new Twitter profile, Twitter has just removed your choice. The company is rolling out the new web profiles to all users today.

    First announced in early April and made available on an optional basis a few weeks later, the new Twitter web profile is designed to “show the world who you are,” at least according to Twitter.

    The most noticeable change, and the most important one for visually-oriented social media users is the huge Facebook-like header photos (Twitter’s are actually larger). Twitter provides some stock header photos, but really wants you to upload your own 1500×1500 image.

    There’s also a new “Pinned Tweet” feature. This allows you to pin any tweet you want to the top of your profile page. If there’s one really spectacular tweet you made back in 2012 that really represents who you are, or received a lot of engagement, you can show it off to everyone who visits your profile.

    There’s also a “best tweets” feature, which unearths your most engaging tweets. They’ll appear slightly larger on the screen.

    Also, when you’re browsing another user’s new profile, you can now filter their streams to only include regular tweets, tweets with replies, or tweets with photos/videos.

    Embrace the change, people.

  • New Twitter Profiles Now Available to Everyone

    Twitter’s new profiles, which the company announced earlier this month, are now rolling out to all users. Soon, all Twitter users’ profiles will have the new look–but if you don’t like to wait, you can quell your anxiousness by forcing the new design right now.

    According to Twitter, the new profiles better “show the world who you are.”

    As you can see above, the new Twitter web profiles feature a huge header photo-even bigger than the one you have on your Facebook Timeline. Users are asked to upload their own photos, or select a custom one from Twitter. They suggest that your image be 1500×1500, for best results.

    Other than the more visual style, the new Twitter profiles come with a handful of new functions.

    First, and probably the best for those looking to truly customize their public Twitter face, is the new “Pinned Tweet” feature. This allows you to pin any tweet you want to the top of your profile page. So if there’s one awesome tweet you made back in 2012 that really represents who you are, you can show it off to everyone who visits your profile.

    There’s also a “best tweets” feature, which unearths your most engaging tweets. They’ll appear slightly larger on the screen.

    Also, when you’re browsing another user’s new profile, you can now filter their streams to only include regular tweets, tweets with replies, or tweets with photos/videos.

    As with any change that any popular social media company makes, there’s been a bit of a backlash. If you’re part of that, you can probably hold out on making the switch yourself. But Twitter is rolling them out today, so don’t expect to hold off for very long.

  • Twitter Tries A More Facebook-Like Look For Profiles

    Twitter and Facebook have been becoming more and more like one another for years, and the trend continues with a new design Twitter is testing for its user profile pages on the desktop.

    It’s unclear just how many people are seeing the new look, but it is drastically different, and yes, it is quite Facebook-like in some ways. Mashable has a screenshot.

    For comparison:

    The Twitter design also puts updates in two columns, which is actually more like Facebook Page timelines than user timelines.

    Obviously reaction is mixed.

    Once (and if) this rolls out to everyone, I imagine we’ll see a great deal more complaining. Remember when Twitter made that change to the @reply format?

    In the end, will it really drive anyone away from Twitter? I doubt it. Isn’t the bulk of Twitter use more about the timeline than the profile anyway?

    What’s interesting is how busy the profile has become, and how much Twitter has added to its service in general over the years. Historically, it’s been the “simple” social alternative. The company has always talked up its simplicity, but now its a public company, and it has to make moves to grow. User growth is already a concern, and its lack of it sent Twitter shares tumbling upon its first earnings report.

    I don’t know if a change like this will do anything to help user growth, but its more visual look could encourage users to at least use Twitter more for photo sharing. At least Twitter isn’t stagnating.

    About a month ago, Twitter rolled out a fairly subtle homepage redesign, putting it more in line with its mobile apps.

    Images via Twitter, Facebook

  • LinkedIn Adds More ‘Personalized Insights’ to Your Homepage

    LinkedIn Adds More ‘Personalized Insights’ to Your Homepage

    LinkedIn is making a few additions to your homepage that they say will “provide you with more personalized insights on your activities and engagement” across the network.

    Soon, you’ll see a new “Who’s Viewed Your Updates” section on the homepage. It tracks your posts from the previous two weeks and gives you a quick glance at how well they performed – this includes overall views, likes, and comments.

    “In addition to the engagement from your 1st degree connections, Who’s Viewed Your Updates will also show you how many of those members in your 2nd and 3rd degree networks, engaged with what you shared. Now you have real-time feedback on how the content you read and share resonates within your network, giving you more opportunities to build your professional brand and make connections with new professionals that share common interests,” says LinkedIn’s Caroline Gaffney.

    You’ll also see a new “You recently visited” section that simply shows all of the things you’ve recently interacted with on the network – articles and profiles you’ve viewed, searches you’ve performed, etc. LinkedIn says that this will make it easier to “retrace your steps.”

    LinkedIn recently added more analytics to users’ profiles – detailed info on “who’s viewed you profile” and how many times they’ve appeared in a LinkedIn search. Those analytics are even better for LinkedIn Premium members, who receive an even more detailed breakdown of how they’re being found – keywords, industry views, and geographic breakdowns.

    And they also recently unveiled two-step verification for a little bit of extra account security.

  • LinkedIn Provides More Insight into Who’s Looking at Your Profile

    LinkedIn Provides More Insight into Who’s Looking at Your Profile

    LinkedIn is rolling out an improved system for analyzing who is checking out your profile that adds new insights to both basic and premium LinkedIn members.

    “Natural curiosity entices many people to wonder, ‘Who’s been viewing my profile?’ each day on LinkedIn. Today, we’re rolling out a new, simplified look and feel for Who’s Viewed Your Profile to make it easier for you to get a snapshot of who, what, and how you are being discovered on LinkedIn,” says LinkedIn’s Udi Milo.

    Basic LinkedIn members will be able to see exactly how often people are viewing their profile over the past few weeks, and well as how many times they appeared in a LinkedIn search (and the percent change from last week).

    But it’s premium members that will get the most from this upgrade. They’ll be able to get a detailed list of which keywords led to them in search, as well as which industries their profile viewers come from. Premium members will also see a geographic breakdown of those profile views. Of course, they’ll also be able to see more of the profile viewers – basic members aren’t able to see everyone who’s viewed their profile.

    LinkedIn has been on an update kick as of late. Last week they finally allowed users to add photos and presentations to updates, and they also unveiled two-step verification for better account security.

  • Twitter Makes Editing Your Profile Much Easier

    Twitter has just made editing your profile much easier by adding inline editing for the profile picture, header photo, and basic information on the desktop.

    Now, you can edit your profile inline (without having to go to a separate profile editing page). Just click the “edit profile” button on your “me” page and you’ll be able to change both your header and profile photos plus your bio, location, and website information.

    Either click the image you wish to change and upload or even take a new photo – or you can drag and drop photos from your desktop. You gotta love some drag and drop.

    If you’re on-the-go, you’ll still have to click the gear icon and then “edit profile” to make the aforemetioned changes. Plus, if you want to change your background photo on the desktop, you’ll need to go into you settings as well.

    It’s a small change, but a good one. Ever since Twitter unveiled their new header photos, they’ve been pushing adoption pretty hard by suggesting users upload one when they first log in. And about the whole profile photo thing – look, if you still have an egg as your pic, you’re doing Twitter so wrong that you may as well just quit.

    As Twitter has been known to do, they’re announcing the new profile editing features with a cartoon. Oh, Phillip.

  • LinkedIn Lets You Add Photos, Videos to Profiles to Better Showcase Your Talents

    LinkedIn Lets You Add Photos, Videos to Profiles to Better Showcase Your Talents

    LinkedIn is giving users a new way to showcase their work by allowing them to add photos, videos, and presentations to their profiles.

    Let’s say you’re a photographer, and in your LinkedIn “experience” section you want to add some samples of your work – now you can do that. Let’s say you worked incredibly hard on a big presentation and wish to showcase that to everyone who views your profile – now you can do that.

    “For the first time, you will now have the ability to showcase your unique professional story using rich, visual content on your LinkedIn profile. This means you can illustrate your greatest achievements in the form of stunning images, compelling videos, innovative presentations and more. From the analyst who makes annual predictions on tech trends to the 3D animator who is looking to fund a new short film, the opportunities are limitless for how professionals can now use the LinkedIn profile to help showcase these unique stories in a visual way,” says LinkedIn’s Udi Milo.

    In short, LinkedIn is letting users create a more visual resume.

    To get started, just edit your profile and look for areas to add visual content in your “summary,” “experience,” and “education” sections. LinkedIn says that they rollout of this new feature begins today with English-speaking users.

  • Facebook Prompts Users to Complete Their Profiles

    Facebook is taking a page from the books of so many social networks before it and prompting users to complete their profiles upon logging in.

    Here’s what you may see at the top of your homepage when you log in to Facebook (screenshot courtesy The Next Web). May see, because this is just a small test that Facebook is currently running:

    As you can see, the prompt not only tells you how close you are to “completing your profile,” but it also allows you to answer the questions that Facebook asks right in the prompt, instead of taking you all the way to the information edit page on your Timeline.

    Of course, Facebook isn’t the only social network that has asked users to make sure their profiles are as complete as possible. Google+ is still doing it on the right-hand side of the homepage:

    LinkedIn has been doing it for years. They’ve just recently given you a cool little “Profile strength” meter inside your actual profile, though:

    And ever since Twitter unveiled their new header photos, they’ve been pushing pretty hard for users to complete their profile by adding one of those.

    The point is, this is a common thing among social networks. They want complete profiles. Complete profiles give them more information about their users, which can be used for a variety of tasks. Of course, that includes ad targeting.

    But in the end, you want a complete profile, right? Otherwise, what’s the point of being on the network? Ok, so you don’t want to give Facebook your hometown. Fine. Just click the “x” on the prompt and forget about it.

  • Marriage Equality Supporters Paint Facebook Red

    Depending on the particular political/social/religious views of the friends you keep on Facebook, you may have noticed that your news feed is a little redder than normal today. Fear not, the Red Army hasn’t taken over Menlo Park. What you’re seeing is marriage equality supporters, well, showing their support.

    As you may have heard, the U.S. Supreme Court began to hear arguments in the first of two cases involving same-sex marriage today. The first one involves the constitutionality of California’s voter-approved Prop 8, which bans same-sex marriage. The other one involves the nearly two-decades old Defense of Marriage Act.

    Today, Facebook users are showing solidarity with the marriage equality cause by sharing and making a red equals sign photo their temporary profile pic.

    The photo originated with the Human Rights Campaign, who posted the image to their Facebook page. As of right now it has over 15,000 likes and over 47,000 shares.

    The red and pink equals sign is a play on the HRC’s logo, which is a yellow equals sign on a blue background.

    The photo began to spread even faster when Facebook superstar George Takei shared it with his 3.7 million+ followers.

    George Takei2 hours ago

    For those friends wondering, this special “red” equality symbol signifies that marriage equality really is all about love. Thanks to the Human Rights Campaign for this effort. Please consider changing your profile today in support–esp if you are a straight ally. Powered by socialditto  1,000+ likes ·  1,000+ comments

    Whether changing your profile pic in support of a cause is worthwhile or simply slacktivism is up for debate. But there’s no denying that the HRC’s campaign is one of the most successful campaigns of this type that we’ve seen in a while (ever since KONY 2012, really). Maybe it’s just the company I keep on Facebook. Are you seeing a lot of red in your news feed today?

  • Google+ Now Lets You Use Animated GIFs as Your Profile Pic

    Google has just unveiled a Google+ update that’s sure to thrill all you GIF lovers out there.

    Starting today, you can now use an animated GIF as your profile picture. The GIF will animate on profile pages on both mobile and desktop. As of now, the GIFs don’t animate in the stream – so make sure that the still image for your new profile GIF is also presentable.

    Matt Steiner

    Matt Steiner54 minutes ago

    You can now use an animated gif for your profile photo!  It will animate on the profile page on both desktop and mobile

    edit:  like newspapers in Harry Potter 🙂 197    60 Powered by socialditto

    Google software engineer Matt Steiner has implemented the new profile GIF, and you can check it out here.

    Speaking of Google and GIFs, they recently made it easier to find animated GIFs by adding a new “animated” search filter in Image Search.

  • Facebook Could Let Users Pay to Remove Ads, Customize Profile According to Patent

    A patent application from Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg suggests that he, at some point, at least toyed with the idea of introducing a “paid profile” model that would allow users to customize what shows up on their profiles and, more importantly, get rids of ads.

    The patent, US20130030987 A1, doesn’t actually mention “Facebook” in particular – instead goes with less-specific terms like “social networking environment.” But it was definitely filed by CEO Mark Zuckerberg, along with Facebook ads product director Gokul Rajaram and former Facebook product management director Prashant Fuloria.

    The patent abstract cuts to the chase:

    In one embodiment, a system includes one or more computing systems that implement a social networking environment and are operable to provide paid profile personalization functions to users. In particular embodiments, the user may select one or more social networking objects to replace advertisements or other elements that are normally displayed to visitors of the user’s profile page that are otherwise controlled by the social networking system. In particular embodiments, the user may edit elements on their profile page that are otherwise automatically generated and controlled in design and content by the social networking system. In particular embodiments, the user is billed on a recurring basis for profile personalization.

    Key words: Billed, replace ads, edit elements.

    The ad replacement model would see them replaced with popular photos or videos or the user’s choosing. The profile customization could come in this form (straight from the application):

    “For example, after receiving a large number of comments or “likes” on a particular status message, the user may receive a dialog box prompting the user with the text: ‘Would you like to personalize your profile with this status message for 10 credits a month?’”

    Notice the mockup below, that features “favorite memories” and videos on the right-hand side instead of ads:

    A patent application doesn’t connote intent. There’s no reason to think that some sort of profile subscription offering is on the way any time soon. The patent, which was just published on January 31st of this year, was actually filed way back in July of 2011. That’s why all of the mockups feature a profile that looks severely outdated.

    Having said this, the patent is there and it is clear about what it could do.

    Despite what plenty of hoaxes have told you, Facebook will continue to be free. You’ll never have to pay a subscription fee to access the core service, or pay a fee to keep information private. But charging for customized profiles, or to get rid of those pesky ads? That is most certainly a possibility. Would you do it?

    [h/t GigaOm]

  • Google+ Profiles Just Got Bigger Cover Photos, a New Look for the ‘About’ Tab, and Local Reviews

    Google has just begun to roll out some significant changes to Google+ profiles that bring bigger cover photos, a whole new look for the “about” section, and a new tab for your reviews.

    When you visit your profile today, you’ll see a prompt that says “Cover photos just got bigger” and asks you if you’d like to update yours now. The bigger cover photos now allow for 2120px by 1192px images.

    “This way more images can be used as cover photos, and there’s more room for your selection to shine,” says Google’s Sara McKinley in a Google+ post.

    Your “About” section has also received an update. It’s a completely new design that puts all of your separate pieces of information into their own color-coded cards. Each info card features its own “edit” button as well.

    Lastly, a new “Reviews” tab has been added to the top of your profile alongside the ones for your +1s, YouTube videos, photos, and posts. As you would imagine, this tab houses all of your Google Local reviews.

    “Highlight your favorite restaurants, or hide the tab completely via settings – it’s completely up to you,” says Google.

    If you don’t see your new Google+ profile yet, be patient. Google says that it’s rolling out gradually.

  • Twitter Lets You View Larger Photos Inside Profile Pages, Adds Videos to Media Galleries

    Twitter has begun to roll out some nice changes to profile pages that have to deal with the media they contain.

    First off, Twitter is no longer making you leave the page to view photos when you click them from inside a profile page. Now, these photos should pop up in a lightbox. Another bonus to the new and improved photo-viewing experience is that the photos will also be bigger.

    You’ll also see more video content inside the media galleries on the left-hand side of users’ profiles.

    “Media galleries now include videos from Vine, YouTube, Vimeo, and other partners whose videos appear in expanded Tweets,” says Twitter.

    Twitter also announced another cool update today. They’ve expanded individual tweet pages to allow users to scroll through all the replies – not just a handful. This is a long time coming and allows users to better explore the conversation stemming from popular tweets from popular users.

  • Twitter’s New Profile Goes Universal on Dec 12

    Back in September, Twitter unveiled a brand new look from user profiles across all platforms. The new profiles included a large header photo that mimicked Facebook’s giant Timeline photo, and housed the users’ profile pic inside it.

    Today, Twitter says that no matter what, all users will have the new profile look by Wednesday, December 12th. And since you’re going to have it, you may as well make it look pretty:

    “On December 12, we’re rolling this out to all users: you’ll automatically get this new version of the profile on twitter.com. If you don’t upload a header photo by then, you (and everyone else) will only see a default grey image on your page. That’s not fun!” says Twitter.

    While the grey space surrounding the profile pic isn’t quite as atrocious as the default “egg” profile pic for lazy users, it’s pretty bad. Uploading a header photo lets you better express yourself on the network and honestly makes you look like you give a damn about your social media profile. Anyone who relies on social media for contacts (as more and more people are nowadays) should know that looking like you care is half to battle.

    Back in November, Twitter published an animated video detailing how and why users should update their Twitter profiles. Today, they’re publicizing that video again:

  • Fake Verified Accounts Aided by Twitter’s New Header Photo

    It’s nothing new for Twitter users to fake verification status, but Twitter’s recent profile redesign is making it easier and more convincing.

    Reddit user replicated spotted the trick, which uses Twitter’s new header photo layout to mimic the look of official verified accounts.

    And here’s a real verified profile:

    You can easily distinguish a real verified account from a fake one by hovering over the blue check mark. If it’s real, it will read “Verified Profile.”

    Twitter unveiled the new profile look back in September, saying it would allow users to better express themselves. Now, Twitter users have three different images to assign to their accounts – the header photo, profile picture, and background image. Twitter recently published a video and started reminding users to upload a header photo when they log in, suggesting that header photo adoption may not be to their liking. Once uploaded, these images are uniform across all devices.

  • LinkedIn Adds Mobile Profile Editing to Its App

    LinkedIn Adds Mobile Profile Editing to Its App

    LinkedIn today announced the launch of what it call the most requested feature for its mobile app. Users will now be able to edit their profile from within the LinkedIn app.

    More specifically, users will be able to update their profile with a new headline, add new skills, or add a new position. In addition, profile photos can be taken and uploaded using the app.

    The new feature is available in all current LinkedIn languages for the company’s iPhone and Android apps. The feature can also be accessed using LinkedIn’s mobile web app, but there’s no word yet on when the Windows Phone 8 LinkedIn app may get the feature. All that is required to get the new feature is to download the newest version of the app from either Apple’s App Store or from Google Play.

    Linkedin Senior Product Manager David Breger announced the new mobile feature today over at the LinkedIn blog. He’s the one cheesing it up for the camera and showing off the new features in the video below.

  • Twitter Reminds You to Upload a Header Photo with an Animation

    Back in September, Twitter unveiled a pretty significant redesign of user profiles which gave you three different photos to worry about: your profile picture, your header photo, and your background image. The header photo is that giant new option that encompasses your profile pic, and the background image displays on the “whitespace” surrounding your stream.

    Once a user uploads these images, they remain constant across all devices – meaning your profile will look the same to someone accessing it on the web or on their iPad.

    Today, Twitter has put out a punchy animation that reminds users that it’s quick and easy to round out your profile with a header photo, and for god’s sake please upload a profile pic because people are tired of looking at that egg.

    When Twitter unveiled the new header photos, people immedately began to compare it to the Facebook Timeline. To be honest, the two do share a general look and feel.

    Maybe Twitter put out this instructional video because adoption of the header photo is low or at least not where they want it to be. I still see plenty of grey space behind profile pics, now that I think about it.