One of the main objectives of most of the social networks that we use today is to keep in almost constant contact with users from all over the world. For this we use platforms such as Facebook or Twitter that help us in this type of task.
Thus we have the possibility of communicating practically in real time with all kinds of users from the rest of the globe thanks to the functions implemented here. If we focus on communications via text through social networks, Twitter is possibly the most popular in this regard. As many of you already know, this is a platform that focuses on the use of small pieces of text to interact with the rest of the users.
However, the heads of this social network try to improve the platform through functions that are sent. With these, what is intended is to improve the user experience while taking care of their privacy and security. There are many who use Twitter to send hateful and unwanted messages to others. And not only that, but also all of this is carried out through retweets, direct messages or mentions.
These are functions or features of the social platform that are used to annoy or annoy those who really make good use of the social network. However, as we say, the developers of this try to take care of all those who make good use of these features. Now we are telling you all this because a function is being tested that will help us to get away from unwanted users.
Twitter integrates this function for the mentions of others
Among the many features that this social network offers us to improve our experience, we find the usual mentions. These are what other users do to call our attention through the notifications that we receive about them. On many occasions these mentions and their corresponding notifications are very helpful. But it is also true that in certain circumstances and depending on who mentions it to us, they can become quite a nuisance.
More than likely most of you already know that when someone mentions us on the social platform, we receive a notification on the device. Thus we are informed about these mentions in real time to communicate more effectively with other users. But it is also true that, as we told you before, some use the platform to send us spam or unwanted messages.
That is why the heads of Twitter are now going to help us get rid of that functionality if we wish. All this will allow us to have greater control over the mentions of the platform and thus filter those that we do not want to receive.
Jane Manchun Wong
@wongmjane
Twitter is working on letting you control who can mention you on Twitter https://t.co/UemMCGcy70
October 13, 2022 • 8:43 PM
676
127
So that we can get an idea of ​​all this that we are telling you, a new functionality related to these elements is currently being tested. It is expected that it will reach everyone in a short time and thus we will be able to choose between two different configurations for these mentions. On the one hand, we can allow all of them to reach us, except for the users that we already have blocked.
In addition, on the other hand, we can also configure the social network so that we only receive the mentions of those we follow. There is no doubt that this new configuration will allow us to avoid unwanted notifications if we are the result of them on a regular basis by people we do not follow.
