One of the good issues about Twitter is that you could attain out to any public person with a fast @ point out to their username. One of the worst issues about Twitter is that it is all too simple to abuse that characteristic. But it seems, the chook community could also be engaged on a solution to management these mentions. According to privateness researcher and engineer Jane Manchun Wong, the corporate is testing out the flexibility to dam @ mentions completely, or restrict them to individuals who already observe you. (Literally, do not @ me, bro.)

Twitter privateness designer Dominic Camozzi initially confirmed the characteristic was within the works, however as The Verge reports, he later deleted that affirmation. Giving customers extra granular management of @ mentions falls proper in step with Twitter’s different current privateness options, like limiting replies, and having the ability to unmention your self from threads. While it’d make Twitter appear much less open, however point out controls will in the end make the service a greater expertise for customers who inevitably discover themselves focused by trolls.