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The Twitter community went into a virtual hyperventilating freakout on Friday when reports surfaced that the company might be planning on changing the way tweets are displayed (from reverse chronological to algorithmic).

But if one major, frequently outspoken Twitter activist investor is to be believed, there's nothing to worry about.

Early Twitter investor Chris Sacca, who claims he has no inside information, took to the messaging platform to say that there is "zero percent chance Twitter eliminates the chronological feed."

There is a 0% chance Twitter eliminates the chronological feed.

— Chris Sacca (@sacca) February 6, 2016

Sacca was also careful to add that he doesn't work at the company. However, those familiar with his tweets, which sometimes presage major moves at Twitter, are likely to take Sacca's word as a relatively authoritative source on the topic.

Although it's not unusual for Sacca to speak out publicly on all things Twitter, it's particularly understandable that he'd carve out a couple of minutes on a Saturday to address the issue considering Friday's backlash.

Once reports began surfacing that Twitter might change the way tweets are read to an algorithmic system, like Facebook's, the outrage on Twitter was swift and passionate.

So many users, high profile and devoted fans alike, spoke out against the change that a new hashtag is now trending worldwide: #RIPTwitter.

But those concerns may be premature.

In a related mini-tweet storm, Twitter iOS engineer Brandon Carpenter responded to the rumor-fueled backlash by attempting to calm everyone's nerves.

Seriously people. We aren't idiots. Quit speculating about how we're going to "ruin Twitter"

— Brandon Carpenter (@bhcarpenter) February 6, 2016

Unfortunately for Carpenter, Twitter users weren't in the mood to be talked down from the social media ledge, and quickly descended upon him with a raft of unflattering tweets responding to his original message.

Wow people on Twitter are mean

— Brandon Carpenter (@bhcarpenter) February 6, 2016

The experience appears to have opened Carpenter's eyes a bit more to the oft-mentioned problem of harassment on Twitter. But mean tweets aside, what Sacca's and Carpenter's Twitter messages add up to is that 1. no matter how many times someone tells you Twitter is on the decline, it still has a passionate user base that cares about its future and 2. those rumors about algorithmic changes may have just been rumors. Or not. 

Either way, Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey is now on notice from his users: If you are toying with algorithms on the Twitter timeline, don't expect a long list of favorites to come your way. The tweeple have already spoken.