Twitter’s looking to keep its foot on the development accelerator, with the expansion of two new projects that will provide more opportunities for brands and creators in the app. First off, Twitter is now inviting more businesses to apply for its Professional Profiles test, which enables brands to showcase more business information in a dedicated,…
Twitter is testing a new option that would help users avoid tweet pile-ons by automatically blocking accounts engaging in such behavior, via a new ‘Safety Mode’ setting. It’s essentially auto-block at scale, based on Twitter’s system assessment. When activated, the new Safety Mode would temporarily block accounts that use potentially harmful language, and/or send repetitive…
Making Twitter a little more pleasant, one test at a time. Image: vicky leta / mashable By Jack Morse2020-12-17 13:00:00 -0800 Twitter wants you to remember that there are actual people on the other side of your replies. The company began testing a new feature, dubbed humanization prompts, on Thursday with the goal of improving…
If President-elect Joe Biden really wants to bring the country together, he should pardon President Donald Trump of any and all crimes (and there are many) that he could be charged with after leaving office — or so says former counsel to U.S. House Judiciary Committee, Michael Conway. But those on social media aren’t buyin’…