#IfIRanTwitter – What you told us you would change if you were put in charge of Twitter
After the news that Twitter has embarked on the hunt for new chief marketing officer to help boost user growth, The Drum asked social media users what changes they would make to the social network if they were handed the reins.
Our readers showed they were more than up to the task with a barrage of fine suggestions. Listen up Twitter, below is how you take things forward!
Here are some of the suggestions we received (via Twitter, naturally).
Some Twitter users focused on the ad formats
@TheDrum We'd offer more sophisticated targeting for ads. Far too generic at the minute. #IfIRanTwitter
— Addition+ (@Addition_Plus) July 29, 2015
@TheDrum we'd start by adding a lot more ad formats! #IfIRanTwitter
— Peach (@peach_tweets) July 29, 2015
@TheDrum I'd strike deals with events to share the ad revenue targeting their hashtags to encourage cross promotion #IfIRanTwitter
— Guy Cookson (@guycookson) July 29, 2015
Others on character limits and the actual composition of tweets
@TheDrum 150 character tweets instead of 140 #IfIRanTwitter
— Sheeza (@Sheeza_24) July 29, 2015
@TheDrum A feature to add/edit media to tweets once sent - eg, tagging photos, including links. And bring backgrounds back. #IfIranTwitter
— Alex Pollock (@socialPolly) July 29, 2015
@TheDrum the ability to edit Tweets would be amazing #IfIRanTwitter
— Tate Dimech (@tatedimech) July 29, 2015
Photos, videos or links would not take up character space #IfIRanTwitter @jack
— Anthony Quintano (@AnthonyQuintano) July 29, 2015
#IfIRanTwitter I would make it possible to edit tweets once posted... @matthewfort Can't wait for #GBM to start! ;-) pic.twitter.com/PT2VcFcJzc
— Paul Lymer (@PaulLymer) July 29, 2015
.@TheDrum I would acquire @buffer and make scheduling a default feature #IfIRanTwitter
— Thomas Walle Jensen (@thomaswalle) July 29, 2015
Mobile scheduling from the native app would be pretty helpful #IfIRanTwitter https://t.co/UcMftWex33
— georgia halston (@georgiahalston) July 29, 2015
Some took issue with the site’s design
#ifIrantwitter the LAST thing I would do would be to make timeline more like Facebook, which thinks it can decides for me what I like : /
— Sarah Littman (@realsaramerica) July 29, 2015
@TheDrum videos in profile headers #IfIRanTwitter
— Adam Doyle (@adamhdoyle) July 29, 2015
@TheDrum We'd bring back custom backgrounds. Too much white gives me a headache! #IfIRanTwitter
— Circus Street (@Circus_St) July 29, 2015
@TheDrum I'd bring back custom profile backgrounds. #IfIRanTwitter
— Jonathan Haile (@JonHailePR) July 29, 2015
@TheDrum We'd bring back custom backgrounds. Too much white gives me a headache! #IfIRanTwitter
— Circus Street (@Circus_St) July 29, 2015
@TheDrum I would create a dashboard that would be more user friendly for #dyslexics #IfIRanTwitter pic.twitter.com/XRDQpDwkpA
— Pamela Uddin (@AlexiaAgency) July 29, 2015
@TheDrum #IfIRanTwitter We would bring back unauthenticated API and change the way animated gifs show up. #geek
— Staak Ltd. (@StaakLtd) July 29, 2015
I'd stop people being able to send 10 or more tweets in a minute! #IfIRanTwitter
— Gecko (@wearegecko) July 29, 2015
@TheDrum #IfIranTwitter I would include the ability to attach a theme song to your profile page.
— Parker. (@jamesparrrker) July 29, 2015
@TheDrum I'd send users a second DM notification 24 hrs later if a DM is still unread. #IfIRanTwitter
— Jonathan Haile (@JonHailePR) July 29, 2015
And a few more great ideas were pitched in
So #ifirantwitter I'd create a built in function that wouldn't let you tweet jokes already made unless it was crediting original source!
— Dave Newman (@Dave_MPL) July 29, 2015
Being able to organize favourites i.e. work, holiday destinations, funny etc... #ifIRanTwitter
— Alex McCormick (@tankmccormick) July 29, 2015
@TheDrum #ifirantwitter usage counter next to # auto fill so you can tell which of similar # will be seen more/is legit
— Vicki (@VickiMitchem) July 29, 2015
.@TheDrum ban 'celebs' from using it the way most people use text or WhatsApp #IfIRanTwitter @Fieldworks
— Tom Jones (@JonesTP) July 29, 2015
@thedrum We'd release any unused registered handles back to the community if there were no tweets for 12 months #IfIRanTwitter
— Tank PR (@tankpr) July 29, 2015
@TheDrum I would work with Instagram to improve the content crossover between the channels. #IfIRanTwitter
— Tom Stone (@TomStone__) July 29, 2015
.@TheDrum I'd archive all conversations with hashtags so you could always refer to them. #IfIRanTwitter
— D.M.S. Evans (@DMS_Evans) July 29, 2015
@TheDrum #IfIRanTwitter #SalesBestPractice would reign amongst Twitter for Business users creating less Stress,more prosperity&Happy clients
— Matt Rogers (@MiracleTraining) July 29, 2015
Definitely release unused Twitter handles #IfIRanTwitter
— Sophie Fryer (@sophiefryer) July 29, 2015
#IfIRanTwitter I would make it compulsory to donate to charity any time you publish a 'how I did/my week on Twitter' bot tweet
— Matt Lawrence (@mattjlawrence) July 29, 2015
RT tankpr: thedrum We'd release any unused registered handles back to the community if there were no tweets for 12 months #IfIRanTwitter ju…
— JupiterCreativeMedia (@jupitercm) July 29, 2015
@TheDrum video volume control #IfIRanTwitter
— Liam Brennan (@LCBrennan) July 29, 2015
@TheDrum a like button that doesn't suggest that my mate's tweet about a sandwich is one of my favourite tweets of all time #IfIRanTwitter
— Alex (@alex_titcomb) July 29, 2015
@TheDrum Less Donald Trump. And I'd make Ed Balls Day the new Christmas. #IfIRanTwitter
— Sophie Allen (@sophierebekaha) July 29, 2015
And one person took fair exception to the #IfIRanTwitter hashtag we ran with…
Honestly thought #ifirantwitter was talking about Iran and not Twitter *puts on coat*
— susan (@5u5anCarey) July 29, 2015