Twitter to soon allow users control public mentions on their accounts
Twitter is reportedly developing a feature that would allow users to control public mentions of their accounts on the platform. The feature may help in minimising harassment, and bullying from unknown user accounts, while also protecting marginalised accounts.
The social media company is working on a way to allow users to block mentions through controls that either block mentions entirely, or limit them to pre-approved followers. Users may also choose to continue allowing all mentions.
The social media platform allows users to tag and address public accounts by typing ‘@’ followed by the unique username the user wishes to mention in their tweets, replies, or quote tweets on the platform.
Twitter currently lets users limit replies to tweets. Earlier, the company introduced a feature called Twitter Circles which let users come up with a list of selective users who could access certain tweets posted by the user.
Twitter also recently confirmed the rollout of a feature that allows Twitter Blue subscribers in Australia, Canada, and New Zealand to edit tweets that have already been published. The company is also expected to roll out the edit feature in the US soon.
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