Twitter is ruining the open for a surprise meme with better image crops
Twitter is finally rolling out a long-awaited feature: bigger images that don’t crop in so darn much. Now, image previews should show way more of the image, giving you a better idea of what you’re actually looking at, and avoiding embarrassing situations where Twitter’s cropping algorithm picks the absolute wrong thing to focus on (sometimes with apparent racial bias).
Twitter announced it would be testing the improvement on iOS and Android back in March, and it should now be making its way to everyone.
no bird too tall, no crop too short
— Twitter (@Twitter) May 5, 2021
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Those pictures should also be clearer, given Twitter’s...