In case you’ve tapped over the “Media” tab on any X consumer’s profile of late, you’ll have seen a change in the best way the content material is displayed in-stream.

Over the previous couple of weeks, X has been rolling out its new grid show format, so relatively than an inventory of posts with media included, now you can get a greater view of the varied video and picture uploads from a particular account.

It’s not obtainable for all profiles as but, however it’s coming, so in case you’re not seeing it in your app, you may be quickly.

And also you’ll additionally quickly have the ability to kind by way of them even sooner, with new filters coming for particular media sorts.

As you possibly can see on this instance, posted by X designer Andrea Conway, you’ll additionally have the ability to filter the outcomes based mostly on engagement, so you possibly can simply discover the most well-liked media posts from any given account.

Is that an enchancment?

I imply, it definitely makes it simpler to kind by way of all of a profile’s movies and pictures, however it’s a change in course of, which can take some getting used to. Having extra search filters will definitely assist, and I feel that, over time, it will likely be an enchancment in looking for content material within the app.

Nevertheless it’s a bit bizarre immediately. In case you’re used to looking out by way of profiles by way of the “Media” tab, it does require some recalibration, nevertheless it’s a useful change that ought to assist.

And as X continues to place extra concentrate on video content material, perhaps, the thumbnail strategy will make it extra interesting for creators to add episodic content material, which can then be extra simply searchable. X may additionally look to construct in playlists and different features just like YouTube to additional refine discovery.