The “Facebookification” of Twitter is gradually fleshing out, and Nigerian Twitter is not left out.
Remember last week, Twitter announced that the new Facebook-inspired look was only available for a select few, and would be “coming soon” to everyone. It appears the update has started rolling out to a few Nigerians on Twitter, apparently at random – a mix of well-known personalities, brands, verified, unverified and relatively unknown tweeps included.
Below are some of the (relatively) well-followed Nigerian Twitter accounts that already have the new look. As of this writing, I could not find a single verified account spotting the new look. I’m not sure what to make of that. it’s either significant or it’s just coincidental
Wazobia FM
Jason Njoku
Japheth Omojuwa
Cool FM
While a majority of Twitter users hardly ever check their own profiles, especially not on the web, it will be interesting to see how brands especially will use features – pinned tweets and large header images especially – of this new look to their advantage.
