Twitter Adds ‘Representative Tweet’ to Trends in Saudi Arabia, the UAE and Egypt

Twitter Adds ‘Representative Tweet’ to Trends in Saudi Arabia, the UAE and Egypt

Sometimes the right Tweet can help make sense of a trend. Starting today, some trends will have a representative Tweet pinned to them to give people more insight about a trend right away. A combination of algorithms and Twitter's curation team determine if a Tweet represents a trend by evaluating if the Tweet is very reflective of the trend and popular. Twitter's algorithms are designed to identify representative Tweets that aren't potentially abusive, spam, or posted by accounts trying to take advantage of its system. Representative Tweets on trends can be found on Twitter for iOS and Android now. Twitter is working to bring them to twitter.com soon too.

In the coming weeks, people will see brief descriptions added to some trends as well to help add context to the trend.