Twitter testing feature that lets users control who can reply to their tweet

Victor Barreiro Jr.

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Twitter testing feature that lets users control who can reply to their tweet
Twitter's in-testing feature will allow users to choose who can reply to a tweet. You can choose to allow everyone to reply, only have people you follow reply, or only people you mention reply

MANILA, Philippines – Twitter is doing limited testing on a new feature that would allow a user to control who can reply to their tweets.

In a blog post on Wednesday, May 20, Twitter outlined how this would work, as it’s currently enabled on a limited group of users globally on Twitter for iOS, Android, and twitter.com. 

For those who have the new feature, they’ll be able to choose who can reply to a tweet. You can choose to allow everyone to reply, only have people you follow reply, or only people you mention reply.

REPLY OPTIONS. Twitter is testing some new options to control who can reply to a user's conversation topics. Image from Twitter.

Twitter added, “Tweets with the latter two settings will be labeled and the reply icon will be grayed out so that it’s clear for people if they can’t reply. People who can’t reply will still be able to view, Retweet, Retweet with Comment, and like these Tweets.”

The company added how, in addition to the reply function changes, they are also going to make it easier to read all conversations around a Tweet, as there will be a new layout for replies and more accessible retweets with comments. – Rappler.com

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Victor Barreiro Jr.

Victor Barreiro Jr is part of Rappler's Central Desk. An avid patron of role-playing games and science fiction and fantasy shows, he also yearns to do good in the world, and hopes his work with Rappler helps to increase the good that's out there.