Twitter is considering new methods to share tweets with particular teams of individuals. The firm confirmed off two concepts for brand new options that may enable customers to focus on tweets towards particular audiences with out having to change accounts or change privateness settings.

The first would allow folks to designate “trusted friends” so some tweets would solely be seen to that group. The thought is just like Instagram’s “close friends” function for Stories. According to a picture shared by Twitter designer Andrew Courter, Twitter’s model would enable customers to toggle the viewers very similar to the way in which you’ll be able to select who is in a position to reply to you.

He added that “perhaps you could also see trusted friends’ Tweets first” in your timeline, which might supply one other different to the chronological or algorithmic “home” timelines Twitter at present provides.

Another function would enable folks to tackle completely different personas or “facets” from the identical account. For instance, a consumer might have knowledgeable identification, the place they tweet about work-related matters, and a private one which’s meant extra for family and friends. According to the pictures, customers might have the choice of constructing anybody persona public or personal, and new followers would be capable to select which “facet” they wish to see tweets from.

Finally, Courter confirmed off a new concept for filtering replies that may enable customers to decide on particular phrases or phrases “they prefer not to see.” Then, if a consumer who’s replying or mentioning the consumer tries to make use of a kind of phrases or phrases, Twitter will allow them to know the phrases go in opposition to that individual’s choice.

According to the pictures shared by Courter, the function wouldn’t stop anybody from sending a tweet utilizing the offending phrases, however it will make it much less seen to the individual on the receiving finish. The thought is just like other forms of anti-bullying nudges Twitter has employed prior to now, however would go a step additional as every consumer might set their very own conversational “boundaries.”

All these options are nonetheless simply concepts — Courter famous that “we’re not building these yet” — so they might by no means truly launch. But the corporate is on the lookout for suggestions on the designs, so they might inform future instruments Twitter does resolve to construct. At the very least, it sheds some gentle on how Twitter is considering points like identification.