Twitter is working to make it more efficient for users to monitor their interactions on the timeline. It wasn't that long ago that he came up with the feature that lets users decide who can reply to their tweets. And now it seems to be going backwards: It's now exploring new ways for users to control who can see their tweets, including restricting tweets to "trusted friends." This is, in a sense, blocking tweets to specific friends and followers, without blocking the entire account. Andrew Courter, a Twitter product designer, who tweeted this information in a Twitter thread (going by the handle @a_dsgnr), also gave an overview of what might be in store in the way of new features. Among many other things, a feature is in the works for a new message that would ask users to rethink the language they use when posting a reply, and a 'faceting' feature that lets users tweet from different characters across one account.
(Image credit: Twitter account: @a_dsgnr) Based on early concepts shared, Twitter will let users designate a set of "trusted friends." And when users tweet, a popup will appear asking if it's for "everyone" or only "trusted friends". If the last option is chosen, said tweet will not be free for others. In operation, it's akin to Instagram's "close friends" feature for Stories. "With Trusted Friends, you can tweet to any group of your choice. You might as well see tweets from Trusted Friends first," Courter said. Then there is the "Facets" feature that can help users classify their tweets and share them accordingly with their relevant sets. These features, by extension, will help users who have multiple accounts (say one for business and one for personal use) function as one person, while having control over which Tweet reaches what.
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(Image credit: Twitter account: @a_dsgnr) And perhaps Jobs' most essential feature is reply filtering. Essentially, this would let users choose specific words or sentences "they'd rather not see." In such a case, Twitter would notify responders of "banned words" as a warning not to use them. But those who respond can ignore the warning. However, those responses would be re-included in the chat thread. Andrew Courter clarified that these new features are only in the completion stage. They may or may not achieve the level of an official deployment.