Twitter is swapping the notifications bell with the Moments lightning bolt

A Twitter spokesperson told Digiday the change will soon roll out to “everyone” on Android. Twitter did not immediately say if the change will migrate to iOS users.

Here’s how the toolbar now appears:

Twitter is taking a big risk in alienating people who are accustomed to tapping on the far left to see their notifications. For those who have noticed the change, they’ve tweeted their annoyance with it:

good try, @twitter. moving the Moments tab where my notifications used to be STILL WON’T MAKE ME USE IT.

— Miss Scarlett (@SmuttWhisperer) December 3, 2015

Twitter moved the Moments icon into the place where the Notifications icon used to be. Nice try, Twitter, nice try. Not falling for it. — Brian Incognito (@BrianIncognito) December 2, 2015

I see you, twitter. Switching the Moments and the Notifications tabs around won’t make me look at or like Moments.

— OrneryPiglett (@OrneryPiglett) December 2, 2015

Twitter switched the moments icon with notifications, ensuring that compulsive tweeters click on that stupid thing at least once. — Cliff Cringle (@moonpolysoft) December 1, 2015

Twitter has made the Moments icon give before notifications. Talk about trying too hard. pic.twitter.com/OLpaX0I5Q7

— Ian Patrick Hines (@ianpatrickhines) November 30, 2015

Moments launched in October as a way to lure in new users afraid of the chaotic home screen, offering a curated tab by its editors of what’s trending on the app. It’s too early to tell what impact Moment has had in growing its user base, but the move clearly indicates that Twitter, at the very least, wants its existing users to give it a try.

But judging by these (albeit small) number of reactions, its die-hard Twitter users prefer it the old-fashioned way.

Image via Shutterstock/Twitter.