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title: "twitter testing online status indicators"
url: https://burnaze.com/article/b492235f-acff-49dd-9c51-853dd72498cc
source: "1851 Franchise"
original_url: https://1851franchise.com/twitter-testing-online-status-indicators-2707739
category: "General"
published: 2018-09-04T14:09:01.000Z
modified: 2026-11-01T04:08:28.508Z
image: https://newimage.1851franchise.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=85,format=webp,width=1280,height=720/story/featureImage/2d03a08736d951e03a49c6f48a84d6a82888.jpg
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# twitter testing online status indicators

**TL;DR:** Twitter is testing new features to make the platform more conversational, including online status indicators and threaded responses. The features include a green circle to show when a user is online and color-coded, indented replies.

*originally published in 1851 Franchise on 2018-09-04. [Read the original](https://1851franchise.com/twitter-testing-online-status-indicators-2707739).*

## Story

Twitter has announced that it is testing out new features intended to make the flow of the platform more conversational. According to a recent article on CNET.com, the social media giant is experimenting with an online indicator as well as a threading option for responses.

For the test, a green circle is being used to show that a user is online. This mirrors the treatment that Facebook and Instagram use to reflect this status. Twitter users have expressed a desire to be able to deactivate this status indicator on the platform if it is rolled out system-wide.

Threaded tweets would have replies indented below original tweets. They would be color-coded in order to distinguish between the original person who tweeted, other replies and one’s own comments.

## Entities

- 1851 Franchise (publication)
- General (sector)
- Facebook (company)
- Twitter (company)
- Instagram (company)
- social media update (topic)
- online status indicators (topic)
- threaded responses (topic)

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Originally reported by 1851 Franchise (https://1851franchise.com/twitter-testing-online-status-indicators-2707739). Summarized by Burnaze (https://burnaze.com/article/b492235f-acff-49dd-9c51-853dd72498cc).