Twitter will allow uses to limit replies to their tweets, in the company’s latest — and seemingly flawed — attempt to limit harassment on the social network.
Twitter will allow uses to limit replies to their tweets, in the company’s latest – and seemingly flawed – attempt to limit harassment on the social network. The new setting, which is rolling out to select users from today, will add reply settings when users tweet, which can at their most strict cut down on all replies completely.
“Twitter is where you go to see and talk about what’s happening,” Suzanne Xie, Director of Product Management at Twitter, explains. “But sometimes, unwanted replies make it hard to have meaningful conversations.”
Whether they’re what’s known as “reply guys” – people, often though not always men, who frequently jump in to respond to tweets in a way that can border on pestering – or simply those using Twitter to stoke arguments and controversy, misuse of replies is undoubtedly a problem.
