Twitter is Working on Unmentioning Feature That Allows Users to Remove Themselves From Conversations

Sophie Webster, Tech Times 07 April 2022, 09:04 pm

Twitter is testing a new feature called unmentioning that will allow users to remove themselves from conversations.

The feature will be limited to some users, and it will only be available on the web version for now, but it is a great way to clean up your mentions on the platform.

Twitter Unmentioning Feature

On Apr. 7, Twitter confirmed that it is experimenting with Unmentioning, which is a way to help users protect their peace and remove themselves from conversations, according to The Verge.

The company also posted a short GIF of what the feature will look like to its Twitter Safety account.

The "leave this conversation" option will appear on the menu that pops out of the corner of a tweet on the web version of the platform. It includes the embed and mute options too.

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Clicking the leave this conversation option in the menu brings up another page that details what happens when you leave a conversation.

Your Twitter username gets untagged, it stops any future mentions in that conversation, and it will also stop notifications.

The choice to remove yourself from a conversation that may have become hostile or one that you did not want to be a part of in the first place is a great addition to Twitter, especially for those who experience harassment on the platform.

The feature allows you to make a graceful exit without a lot of fanfare, according to CNET.

Twitter Edit Button

Aside from the Unmentioning feature, Twitter also confirmed that it is currently working on an edit button that would allow users to change their tweets after they've been sent, according to BBC.

The feature comes after a new board member, Tesla boss Elon Musk, asked his followers in a Twitter poll whether they wanted the feature on the platform.

A lot of users have long called for an edit button, but there have been concerns about how to execute it. Twitter stated that it would begin testing the idea in the next few months.

The social media firm's communications team confirmed the news but denied that they worked on it due to Musk's poll. The edit button will be added in Twitter Blue first so they can test what works, what doesn't, and what is possible.

Users of Twitter, Blue, the social media platform's subscription service, get early access to the features that the company is testing.

Under an edit function, users could be able to fix any errors or typos in a tweet without having to delete the entire thing or losing any replies, retweets, or likes that the post has already gained.

Twitter's vice president of consumer product, Jay Sullivan, said that it had been the most requested Twitter feature for several years.

However, Sullivan said that the company was exploring how to build the feature in a safe manner before expanding it on the platform.

Sullivan said that without things like time limits, transparency, controls, and consciousness about what has been edited. The edit could be misused to alter the record of the public conversations.

Sullivan added that protecting the integrity of that public conversation is their top priority when they approach this type of work.