Twitter's New Feature Shows 'View Count' Below Every Tweet And Users Aren't Pleased

Twitter is now showing users how many times their tweets have been viewed. Elon Musk, the company's CEO, announced that Twitter would roll out view counts under tweets.

Since the feature went live, many users have expressed their displeasure with the same, especially considering that a majority of Twitter accounts simply don't have the reach.

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View Count on Twitter

Announced by Musk earlier this month, the view count feature is similar to the view counts visible on Twitter videos. He had claimed that this feature "shows how much more alive Twitter is than it may seem."

Twitter is rolling out View Count, so you can see how many times a tweet has been seen! This is normal for video.

Shows how much more alive Twitter is than it may seem, as over 90% of Twitter users read, but don¡¯t tweet, reply or like, as those are public actions.

¡ª Elon Musk (@elonmusk) December 22, 2022

According to a Twitter FAQ page, the new feature would not show view counts on community tweets, older tweets, and tweets shared within Twitter Circles.

Tweets are read ~100 times more than they are liked

¡ª Elon Musk (@elonmusk) December 23, 2022

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The feature is available on Twitter's iOS and Android apps and comes in after the company changed the placement of the number of likes that appear below tweets. "Tweets are read 100 times more than they are liked," Musk wrote on Twitter.

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Here's what people on Twitter had to say about the feature:

this views thing making people realize that their mutuals aren¡¯t inactive they just hate them/their tweets¡­ ?

¡ª Britt ~ fan acc (@taysrep89) December 22, 2022

the view count on tweets looks so embarrassing i feel like this tweet now pic.twitter.com/NGZD1d9MZ5

¡ª l¨¦on (@jmkfine) December 22, 2022

this "view count" thing is the dumbest feature in twitter history. hey here's the number of people who saw your tweet and completely ignored it. does that make you feel good is that useful to you

¡ª largest rodent (@capybaroness) December 22, 2022

the view count is a passive aggressive punishment for voting him out, there¡¯s no other reason for it

¡ª slate (@PleaseBeGneiss) December 23, 2022

looking at the view count on my tweets.. pic.twitter.com/RjdoBLkw24

¡ª jay (@kendallhosseini) December 22, 2022

Thanks Twitter,

We really needed a VIEW count on our tweets. What a great gift of anxiety and toxicity.

¡ª Jowol | Marionette VTuber (@PorcelainMaid) December 22, 2022

Twitter view count is like a check engine light: no one wants to see it and eventually I¡¯m gonna forget it¡¯s there

¡ª chadchad (@thechadx2) December 22, 2022

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