A closer look at Twitter

Twitter exposes photo galleries, nudity and all

A new feature called User Galleries displays images on profile pages that Twitter users have shared via Yfrog, Twitpic, and other such services.

by Don Reisinger

August 23, 2011 9:25 AM PDT

CNET's User Galleries page.

(Credit: Twitter)

Twitter has quietly added a new photo gallery feature, called User Galleries, to its service.
When users now view a Twitter profile page, they'll find a "Recent Images" pane showing photos the user recently shared with followers. They can opt to view individual images from that page or click "view all" to see the last 100 photos the user shared on the site. With that option, they'll be able to choose an image from a thumbnail listing at the top, and view it in ful-screen mode. The tweet that accompanied the image is also shown.
A grid view is also available for users to see larger thumbnails.
According to Twitter, all the images are listed in chronological order, though any photos shared before January 1, 2010, will not be included in the listing. In order to populate the page, Twitter said it has grabbed images from its own photo-sharing service, along with images shared via services such as Yfrog, Twitpic, and Instagram.