Twitter 'Hide Replies' Feature Now Rolling Out to All Users Globally

Twitter is finally rolling out its 'Hide Replies' feature to all users around the earth as part of its plans to encourage online civility. The feature, which was originally rolled out in Canada earlier this year before beingness introduced in the US and Japan a few months downwardly the line, enables users to hide specific replies to their tweets that they don't desire to see in a conversation. Once hidden, these replies won't prove up by default but there volition exist an option to see the hidden replies and unhide whatsoever replies.

The evolution represents one of the most radical changes in the platform in recent memory and, according to the company, was necessitated because "we need to modify how conversations work on our service". As part of the plan, all users will now be able to hide replies to their Tweets, although, anybody volition still be able to see and engage with those hidden replies by tapping/clicking on a grey icon that volition appear on those Tweets. This way, users will have more than command over the conversations they outset, just people will nonetheless be able to encounter the entire conversation, said the company.

The selection to hide replies is rolling out globally on the web, also as on Android, iOS and Twitter Lite. While the change is being welcomed by many as a positive step towards enhanced civility on Twitter, it is besides dividing public opinion, with many users complaining that it might exist used by some to silence the opinion of others and stymie free oral communication. It will be interesting to see how information technology is used by the twitteratti going forward, but this is unlikely to exist the terminal time you're hearing near it.