According to reports, Twitter is working on a feature that would let you choose who is allowed to mention you on the social media platform. App analyst Jane Manchun Wong was the first to detect the function in its beta form.
Later, after confirming that the feature is being developed, Dominic Camozzi, the creator of Twitter privacy, removed the message. Using the function, you can control who can mention you, such as those you follow, everyone, or no one at all
It would be a significant change for the company to allow users to completely disable mentions, but it would also give users a way to defend themselves against the various forms of bullying and harassment they encounter on the site.
On Twitter, the option to limit and manage mentions will join other privacy options that function similarly. You may already manage who can mention you in replies on Twitter thanks to a function. In order to avoid needless engagement with others, there is now a new tool that allows you to "unmention" oneself from tweets and replies.
Reduced troll activities
Twitter provided all users the choice to set a cap on the number of replies to their tweets two years ago. You can restrict replies to those from people you follow or from those you specifically identified in the tweet using this function. Sadly, trolls can still utilize this tool to Quote Tweet another user's tweet in order to hurl insults. The new controls found by Wong would probably eliminate this workaround and shield users from persistent trolls.
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