Twitter confirmed that it is developing a new "Hide Tweet" feature which will give users an ability to protect their conversations. This new option is found in Twitter's code and appear in the list choices when you click the “Share” button on a tweet. "Hide Tweet" might work as an alternative to muting or blocking a user, while still offering some control over a conversation. 1/8 Thanks to Jane and @MattNavarra for starting the conversation about the this feature we are developing! We wanted to provide a little more context on it. https://t.co/Ws2rJfa8sl — Michelle Yasmeen Haq (@thechelleshock) February 28, 2019 Apart from "Hide Tweets," the company seems to be working on another feature, “View Hidden Tweets.” This allows a user to unhide those tweets that were previously hidden by the original poster. When reached out for a comment on this post, the company's spokesperson confirmed the feature is something the company is actively working on. However, this feature has concerns attached to it as it would allow users to silence anyone- not just for themselves, as is possible today with muting and blocking — but for anyone reading through a stream of Twitter Replies. It also requires the user to click to view the ...
Thursday 28 February 2019
Twitter confirms to be working on ‘Hide Tweet’ feature
Twitter confirmed that it is developing a new "Hide Tweet" feature which will give users an ability to protect their conversations. This new option is found in Twitter's code and appear in the list choices when you click the “Share” button on a tweet. "Hide Tweet" might work as an alternative to muting or blocking a user, while still offering some control over a conversation. 1/8 Thanks to Jane and @MattNavarra for starting the conversation about the this feature we are developing! We wanted to provide a little more context on it. https://t.co/Ws2rJfa8sl — Michelle Yasmeen Haq (@thechelleshock) February 28, 2019 Apart from "Hide Tweets," the company seems to be working on another feature, “View Hidden Tweets.” This allows a user to unhide those tweets that were previously hidden by the original poster. When reached out for a comment on this post, the company's spokesperson confirmed the feature is something the company is actively working on. However, this feature has concerns attached to it as it would allow users to silence anyone- not just for themselves, as is possible today with muting and blocking — but for anyone reading through a stream of Twitter Replies. It also requires the user to click to view the ...
