Twitter is testing ‘unmentioning’ to let you quickly leave toxic conversations
Twitter is the internet’s favorite place to yell into the void, all while getting the chance to see some cute photos of dogs. Sometimes, conversations can get a bit heated — especially if you’re dragged into a thread through tags. In these sorts of scenarios, your mentions and notifications can get a bit out of hand.Twitter already has some tools in placetoescape that dreadful spiral, and soon, the social network will be adding a new option to quickly “nope” out of conversations in seconds — and for good.
First uncovered by Jane Manchun Wongseveral weeks ago, this feature, dubbed Unmentioning,has just been made official by Twitter, and it’s currently in testing. It’s more than just a consolidation of existing options to ignore annoying threads. Instead of muting notifications, this tool would go a step further by letting you “block” your presence inside a conversation, untagging yourself and stopping others from mentioning you. No one will be notified that you’ve left a conversation — you’ll just carry on with your life while people continue to pile on, confused as to why they can’t tag you.
Toxicity on Twitter has become a real issue throughout the last few years. The company’s About page lists “healthy conversations” as one of its top priorities, though anyone who spends their time on the site knows that’s rarely the case. While a perfectly respectful world can’t happen overnight — or probably at all if we’re being frank — calling it quits on specific, toxic conversations is sometimes necessary for your own mental health, and having an option to leave is a good idea. While muting tweets and blocking users are already choices you can make today, ensuring you aren’t dragged back into a conversation you want nothing to do with is even better.
This feature is going live for some people in the web version, but it’s likely it’ll be a few more weeks before it sees a wider rollout. Likewise, you’ll have to wait if you want to use it on your Android smartphone.
UPDATE: 2022/04/09 12:05 EST BY AROL WRIGHT
Unmentioning goes official
Twitter has made unmentioning official on its Safety account.The company has announced the feature, and it’s looking just like the way it did on previous leaks.
It’s currently in testing and landing for some people on the web version, and it should be followed by a wider rollout in the next weeks/months.
The article above has been updated to reflect the new information.
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