ISLAMABAD – Twitter mulls launching new interesting features for usersacross the world. Twitter is considering drastically changing how retweetsand tags work.
Twitter’s Vice President of design and research, Dantley Davis, hasrevealed that the company is exploring several changes over how thefundamentals of conversation sharing work. Twitter’s core features are onthe line in this effort to improve the platform.
These changes will let users leave a thread they have posted in, and grantpermission before they are tagged in a tweet, disable or limit retweets tocertain circles.
Keep in mind that Davis says he is only “looking forward to” thesefeatures, meaning none of these are official just yet. These are just ideasthat are being explored, indicating that none of them might actually becomeofficial. There is also no specific timeline other than “2020”.
In a follow-up tweet, a spokesperson from Twitter said:
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The features mentioned are ideas we’re exploring – explorations andexperimentation have always been part of our process. We’ll have more toshare should we decide to move forward with any of them.
Nevertheless, these updates will definitely be a step in the rightdirection for Twitter when it comes to avoiding social media toxicity. Inother words, the new update will be a major anti-harassment feature.
