When you’ve tapped over the “Media” tab on any X consumer’s profile of late, you could have observed a change in the way in which the content material is displayed in-stream.

Over the previous few weeks, X has been rolling out its new grid show format, so fairly 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 accessible for all profiles as but, however it’s coming, so when you’re not seeing it in your app, you can be quickly.

And also you’ll additionally quickly be capable to kind via them even quicker, with new filters coming for particular media varieties.

As you possibly can see on this instance, posted by X designer Andrea Conway, you’ll additionally be capable to filter the outcomes primarily based 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 via 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 is going to be an enchancment in looking for content material within the app.

Nevertheless it’s a bit bizarre straight away. When you’re used to looking via profiles through the “Media” tab, it does require some recalibration, however it’s a useful change that ought to assist.

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