Twitter recently introduced a new feature that lessens the toxicity in using social media. Starting last week, May 20, the platform implemented a feature that allows some of its users to limit the replies on each of their tweets. This means that no unnecessary trolls or messages will be seen on your tweet, once you set the option 'on' located at the compose screen.
Stop trolls! Twitter is now limiting replies
A small percentage of Twitter users globally can now control and limit the replies that they're getting on each of their tweets. For example, users have the option to limit their replies by clicking 'Permission settings' and choosing between "allowing replies to everyone, people you follow, or only the users you @ mention."
Here's where it needs clarification. Anyone on Twitter will still see each tweet that you will edit privacy. Choosing the privacy button will not hide your tweet from trolls or someone you don't like. But, it makes you control the people that can reply to your tweet.
People can also see whether the tweet can be replied by everyone or an only certain group of people, with a label located below the tweet.
Twitter first introduced this feature in January and said to be implemented within the year. So, we might expect this to take effect after the testing finishes.
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What happened to Hana Kimura?
Twitter's new feature has been called by its users as the "best update yet" made by the platform. A lot of users think that the main purpose of this feature is for users to peacefully post anything they want without being bashed by someone they don't know.
Some of them also relate this feature to Japanese wrestler and reality TV star Hana Kimura which killed herself after reportedly reading mean words from internet trolls on social media.
Guess, this feature can really be helpful for most people.
