Have you ever found yourself stalking a celebrity on Twitter in the wee hours of the morning, when the smartphone’s light is too bright and your eyes too tired?
The recently announced Night Mode is here to help, replacing the white background with dark blue. The black text also turns to white, designed to make it easy on the eyes to surf Twitter at night.
Over the past few months, the microblogging platform has been relentlessly testing the feature and receiving feedback from a small number of alpha testers. The social network has yet to reveal if it has plans of bringing the feature to iOS.
According to Twitter support, this is how you can enable it. First, make sure you have the latest version of the app, then tap on the navigation menu icon (or the profile icon) you see in the top menu.
Night Mode should be among the first settings featured in the drop-down list; just drag the toggle to turn it on or off, depending on the time of day or how tired you feel.
Twitter is not the first one to introduce this feature meant to improve the night experience of its users. It’s a known fact that the blue light emitted by smartphones and devices, in general, can act as a disruptive factor for a good night sleep. The Night Mode should alleviate some of that strain on the eyes.
Meanwhile, Twitter has also announced that general users and organizations are finally allowed to get their accounts verified and get that highly-coveted blue tick. Previously, the verified accounts were limited mostly to celebrities and public figures.
If you’re interested, visit the company’s dedicated support page and fill the form to apply for verification of your account. In the one-page form, users are asked to confirm the name of the account they want to verify and the reason why it should be verified.
Filling the form requires some criteria, such as a verified mobile number, confirmed email address, a profile photo, a bio, a birthday date, a link to a website other than twitter, and tweets that are set as ‘Public.’
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