{"id":440578,"date":"2022-04-08T11:38:06","date_gmt":"2022-04-08T09:38:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/?p=440578"},"modified":"2022-04-08T11:42:09","modified_gmt":"2022-04-08T09:42:09","slug":"twitter-testing-unmentioning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/internet\/440578-twitter-testing-unmentioning.html","title":{"rendered":"Twitter testing &#8220;unmentioning&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Twitter has announced that it is experimenting with an \u201cunmentioning\u201d feature.<\/p>\n<p>This will allow users to remove themselves from a discussion thread should they no longer wish to receive notifications from it.<\/p>\n<p>Currently only available to a few users on the web version of Twitter, the feature allows users to click a \u201cleave this conversation\u201d button to remove themselves from a tweet\u2019s mentions.<\/p>\n<p>When clicked, your username will get untagged, you can no longer be mentioned, and it will stop notifications from the thread.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">How do you say \u201cDon\u2019t @ me,\u201d without saying \u201cDon\u2019t @ me\u201d?<\/p>\n<p>We\u2019re experimenting with Unmentioning\u2014a way to help you protect your peace and remove yourself from conversations\u2014available on Web for some of you now. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/rlo6lqp34H\">pic.twitter.com\/rlo6lqp34H<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Twitter Safety (@TwitterSafety) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TwitterSafety\/status\/1512137703067996166?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 7, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The full release of this feature has not been confirmed.<\/p>\n<p>Twitter\u2019s announcement comes just days after Elon Musk became the <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/business\/439932-elon-musk-buys-a-chunk-of-twitter.html\">largest single shareholder<\/a><\/strong> of the social media company by acquiring a stake of over 9%.<\/p>\n<p>Shortly after buying the stock, Twitter named Musk to its board.<\/p>\n<p>The company has also said it is working on an option to <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/internet\/440174-twitter-will-start-testing-tweet-edit-feature.html\">edit tweets<\/a><\/strong> after posting them.<\/p>\n<p>This came after 73.6% of 4.4 million voters signalled support for the feature in a <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/internet\/440038-elon-musk-posts-poll-that-could-bring-big-change-to-twitter.html\">poll<\/a><\/strong> posted by Musk.<\/p>\n<p>Twitter has stated that they had been working on the edit option since last year since it was a highly-requested feature.<\/p>\n<p>It said the edit feature would begin testing with Twitter Blue Labs in the coming months.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">Now Read: <a href=\"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/internet\/440540-meta-shareholders-could-kill-its-controversial-metaverse-plans.html\">Meta shareholders could kill its controversial metaverse plans<\/a><\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Twitter announced in a Tweet that it is working on a &#8220;unmentioning&#8221; 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