{"id":14362,"date":"2019-02-28T23:22:13","date_gmt":"2019-02-28T23:22:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rsoftsolution.com\/blog\/twitter-confirms-its-working-on-a-hide-tweet-feature.html"},"modified":"2019-02-28T23:22:13","modified_gmt":"2019-02-28T23:22:13","slug":"twitter-confirms-its-working-on-a-hide-tweet-feature","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rbsitsoftwaresolution.in\/blog\/twitter-confirms-its-working-on-a-hide-tweet-feature.html","title":{"rendered":"Twitter confirms it\u2019s working on a \u2018Hide Tweet\u2019 feature"},"content":{"rendered":"

Twitter <\/a> has confirmed it\u2019s developing a new \u201cHide Tweet\u201d option, but has yet to provide detail about its launch plans for the feature. The new option, spotted in Twitter\u2019s code, is available from a list of moderation choices that appear when you click the \u201cShare\u201d button on a tweet \u2014 a button whose icon has also been given a refresh, it seems. Like it sounds, \u201cHide Tweet\u201d functions as an alternative to muting or blocking a user, while still offering some control over a conversation.<\/p>\n

Related to this, an option to \u201cView Hidden Tweets\u201d was also found to be in the works. This allows a user to unhide those tweets that were previously hidden.<\/p>\n

The \u201cHide Tweet\u201d feature was first discovered by Jane Manchun Wong<\/a>, who tweeted about her findings on Thursday.<\/p>\n

Wong says she found the feature within the code of the Twitter Android application. That means it\u2019s not necessarily something Twitter will release publicly, but typically indicates a feature that will move into testing.<\/p>\n

Reached for comment earlier today, Twitter told TechCrunch some employees would soon tweet out more context about the feature. As of the time of writing, those explanations had not gone live.<\/p>\n

However, a Twitter spokesperson did confirm the feature is something the company is actively working on.<\/p>\n

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Twitter is testing replies moderation. It lets you to hide replies under your tweets, while providing an option to show the hidden replies pic.twitter.com\/dE19w4TLtp<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Jane Manchun Wong (@wongmjane) February 28, 2019<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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Immediately, there were concerns an option like this would allow users to silence their critics \u2014 not just for themselves, as is possible today with muting and blocking \u2014 but for anyone reading through a stream of Twitter Replies. Imagine, for example, if a controversial politician began to hide tweets they didn\u2019t like or those that contradicted an outrageous claim with a fact check, people said.<\/p>\n

It also requires the user to click to view the Replies that were hidden, which some users may not know to do and others may not bother to do. They may then miss out on an important point in the conversation, or a critical fact check.<\/p>\n

On the flip side, putting the original poster back in control of which Replies are visible may allow people to feel more comfortable with sharing on Twitter, which could impact user growth \u2014 a number Twitter struggles with today. And it could encourage people to debate things with less vitriol, knowing that their nastier tweets could get hidden view.<\/p>\n

It wasn\u2019t immediately clear from Wong\u2019s first screenshots if the \u201cHide Tweet\u201d button was something that hides the tweet from everyone\u2019s view<\/em>, or just from the person who clicked the button.<\/p>\n

However, Wong later published the code reference itself, where the feature is described as a \u201cmoderation\u201d action. That implies it\u2019s more about the health of the conversation as a whole, not a personal setting.<\/p>\n

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The wording in the app’s code suggests this “Hide Tweet” is about moderation pic.twitter.com\/PO4m9bI7Pc<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Jane Manchun Wong (@wongmjane) February 28, 2019<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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The feature\u2019s discovery comes at a time when Twitter has been under increased pressure to improve the overall conversational health on its platform.<\/p>\n

In a recent interview, Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey admitted<\/a> that it puts most of the burden on the victims of abuse, which has been \u201ca huge fail.\u201d He said Twitter was looking into new ways to proactively enforce and promote health, so blocking and reporting were last resorts.<\/p>\n

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Myself? C. We\u2019ve made progress, but it has been scattered and not felt enough. Changing the experience hasn\u2019t been meaningful enough. And we\u2019ve put most of the burden on the victims of abuse (that\u2019s a huge fail). #Karajack<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 jack (@jack) February 12, 2019<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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A \u201cHide Tweet\u201d button doesn\u2019t seem to fit into that plan, as it requires users\u2019 direct involvement with the moderation process.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s worth also noting that Twitter already has a \u201chidden tweets\u201d feature of sorts.<\/p>\n

In 2018, the company introduced a new filtering strategy <\/a>to hide disruptive tweets, which takes into consideration various behavioral signals \u2014 like whether the account had verified its email, is frequently blocked or tweets often at accounts that don\u2019t follow it back, for example. If Twitter determined the tweet should be downranked, it moved it to its own secluded part of the Reply thread, under a \u201cShow more replies\u201d button.<\/p>\n

Twitter tests a number of things that never see the light of day in a public product. More recently, the company said it was weighing the idea of a \u201cclarifying function\u201d<\/a> for explaining old tweets. It\u2019s also launching a prototype app<\/a> that will experiment with new ideas around conversation threads.<\/p>\n

Update, Feb 28, 2019, 4:55 PM ET: Added tweet with code reference.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

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