{"id":15183,"date":"2025-08-27T21:47:00","date_gmt":"2025-08-27T21:47:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/yohrt.com\/news\/x-tests-alternative-way-to-view-quote-posts\/"},"modified":"2025-08-27T21:47:00","modified_gmt":"2025-08-27T21:47:00","slug":"x-tests-alternative-way-to-view-quote-posts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yohrt.com\/news\/x-tests-alternative-way-to-view-quote-posts\/","title":{"rendered":"#\n                X Tests Alternative Way to View Quote Posts"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_86 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle Table of Content\"><span class=\"ez-toc-js-icon-con\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 eztoc-toggle-hide-by-default' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/yohrt.com\/news\/x-tests-alternative-way-to-view-quote-posts\/#X_Tests_Alternative_Way_to_View_Quote_Posts\" >X Tests Alternative Way to View Quote Posts<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"X_Tests_Alternative_Way_to_View_Quote_Posts\"><\/span>\n                X Tests Alternative Way to View Quote Posts<br \/>\n            <span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div>\n<p><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span>X is adding another way to view expanded interaction with X posts, with a <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/nikitabier\/status\/1960753367690699208\" style=\"color:blue\">new \u201cView quotes\u201d quick link<\/a> within the lower function bar options on updates.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"X view quotes\" data-imagemodel=\"185179\" src=\"https:\/\/imgproxy.divecdn.com\/mGuWibtA7Z66RE7vT_kR_J38QJKELBDzLGz9f2gSRno\/g:ce\/rs:fit:1600:0\/Z3M6Ly9kaXZlc2l0ZS1zdG9yYWdlL2RpdmVpbWFnZS94X3JlcG9zdHMucG5n.webp\"\/><\/div>\n<p><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span>As you can see in this example, some X users are now seeing a new \u201cView quotes\u201d in the expanded post view in the app. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span>That\u2019ll give you another way to see how a post is being discussed by people beyond the direct replies, rather than having to tap the re-post icon itself.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span>Which is a small update, and not really a massive functional change. But X\u2019s recently appointed head of product Nikita Bier says that this new entry point will help to<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><span><span><span><span> \u201csurface some of the best content\u201d in the app.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span>Bier has been tasked with uncovering new ways to encourage engagement in the app, applying his knowledge of viral dynamics to X\u2019s long-standing UI.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span>Because despite Elon and Co.\u2019s many proclamations of many changes at the app since he took over back in 2022, really, the X user experience is pretty much the same as it\u2019s always been. \u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span>That\u2019s not to say that the X team isn\u2019t improving the app. The now much smaller X team (after Musk\u2019s staff cull) is shipping smaller tweaks and changes at a solid rate. But in a broader sense, I don\u2019t feel like using X is really any different from when it was Twitter.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span>Even though it\u2019s now a \u201cvideo first\u201d app. Even though Elon is \u201c<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/blog.x.com\/en_us\/topics\/company\/2023\/transforming-the-global-town-square\" style=\"color:blue\">transforming the global town square.<\/a>\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span>Musk\u2019s \u201ceverything app\u201d vision might still be coming, with payments at the center of a revised X UI. But at this stage, most of the X updates are fairly minor, which is what Twitter had also been criticized for in the years before Elon purchased the app.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span>So maybe, then Nikita Bier, having built several of his own trending apps, can change things up. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span>So far, Bier has:<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span>Updated screenshot sharing of X posts<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span>Fixed a long-standing bug related to the timeline refreshing at random<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span>Expanded the length of cashtags<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span>Updated the process for communicating with @grok<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span>Of course, there\u2019s likely way more internal projects that Bier is also involved with, but in terms of public-facing updates, these are the changes that we\u2019ve seen so far in his first weeks at the app. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span>Maybe, more significant UI changes are coming, and maybe, all of these smaller updates are cumulatively delivering a larger-scale improvement in overall engagement and usage. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span><span><span><em><span><span><span><span>The new \u201cView quotes\u201d option is currently in testing on iOS. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/em><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>If you want to read more like this article, you can visit our <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><a style=\"color: #ff9900;\" href=\"https:\/\/yohrt.com\/news\/social-media\/\" target=\"_blank\" >Social Media<\/a><\/span> category.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"color: black;\"><a style=\"color: #ff9900;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.socialmediatoday.com\/news\/x-formerly-twitter-updates-view-quotes-ui\/758817\/\" target=\"_blank\" >Source<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>X Tests Alternative Way to View Quote Posts X is adding another way to view expanded interaction with X posts, with a new \u201cView quotes\u201d quick link within the lower function bar options on updates. As you can see in this example, some X users are now seeing a new \u201cView quotes\u201d in the expanded&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":15185,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/imgproxy.divecdn.com\/m4e_b0GYAdYtmeZzKX14RN3IvheNjdeL11RDKkMpT90\/g:ce\/rs:fit:770:435\/Z3M6Ly9kaXZlc2l0ZS1zdG9yYWdlL2RpdmVpbWFnZS94X3JlcG9zdHMucG5n.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[1490],"class_list":["post-15183","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-social-media","tag-x-twitter"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/yohrt.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15183","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/yohrt.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/yohrt.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yohrt.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yohrt.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15183"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/yohrt.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15183\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yohrt.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15185"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/yohrt.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15183"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yohrt.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15183"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yohrt.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15183"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}