Twitter finally catches up. Adds mentions.

By Chacha on March 31, 2009

In an act that copies what most 3rd party applications have already put in place, Twitter has finally expanded the replies section of the Twitter homepage to include mentions. Anyone who has followed Twitter already knows that its interface is often lacking in the way of features. This has spurred on the use of 3rd party applications that provide more features ontop of Twitter, and often in a smaller, cleaner interface. It lends someone to wonder what exactly is Twitter doing? They have said that they have enough captial to survive for a long time without monetization, but has it also closed its doors to changing things site wide?

This expansion of the Twitter reply feature has been the first change of the Twitter interface for a long time. Although, supposidly there is a new version coming out soon that will provide a search bar at the top of the screen, not much has changed about the popular messaging network.

So, during this break of innovation and changing design, what do you think we should change on Twitter? What are the features that you think should be added to Twitter that everyone would benefit …

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