Jane notes that the feature has been tweaked to let users focus on a specific tweet of a thread, even from a permalink. Since twttr’s official release back in March, the app’s focus has been around optimizing threaded conversations.

Hopefully the Twitter users providing "feedback" to Davis in his replies do so politely and constructively, or come 2020 the vice president may be retroactively removing himself from the conversation. Early this month, Dantley Davis, Twitter’s Vice President of Design and Research announced a list of new features in 2020. LinkedIn also removed 21.6 million fake accounts between January and June. Twitter might change how retweets and mentions work.

Twitter might change how retweets and mentions work. So appears to be the thinking of the company's vice president of design and research, Dantley Davis, who on Monday announced a series of changes that could come to the platform as early as next year. How has the Twitter algorithm changed in 2020? Currently, testing is being carried out on twttr, the company’s prototype app. '” Dorsey wrote. Private tweets for followers that I follow, Hide this thread: not for conversations you're done participating in like mute conversation, but rather a way to prevent someone's live tweeting from dominating your feed. Our goal is continue to improve the public conversation on Twitter and getting feedback from the community on our ideas is helpful as we prioritize our work. Stay tuned for the best of Sri Lanka! Either way, it looks like Twitter is setting itself up for some significant changes in its services in 2020. Twitter's new ad policy prompts politicians to call out Facebook, SEA millennials share the ups and downs of being digital nomads, Elon Musk announces first Tesla-made battery to get to US$25,000 EV.

“It‘s not credible for us to say: ‘We’re working hard to stop people from gaming our systems to spread misleading info, buuut if someone pays us to target and force people to see their political ad… well… they can say whatever they want!

", Notably, Davis did take a moment to tell everyone to slow their roll. Copyright © 2008-2020 BroBible. The rollout is expected to kick off next year. We give you unparalleled insights, accurate, local tech news, thoughtful features and sometimes scathing opinions on where things are headed. This mainly involves new ways of displaying conversations, particularly Twitter threads. A few of these include removing yourself from a conversation, prohibiting mentioning without your permission, etc. Which, idk, maybe? – Remove me from this conversation – Don’t allow RT of this tweet– Don’t allow people to @mention me without my permission– Remove this @mention from this conversation – Tweet this only to: hashtag, interest, or these friends. We’re working on some of that. Beware More Closed-Off Conversations on Twitter Five features Twitter is considering for 2020 would give users more control—but one is particularly risky. Thanks for the feedback and discussion on the ideas that I’m excited to explore in the future. Early this month, Dantley Davis, Twitter’s Vice President of Design and Research announced a list of new features in 2020. For instance, the original tweet in a thread is marked by a microphone, like Reddit. Listing five new Twitter features that he is “looking forward to in 2020,” Davis indicated some changes that, if put into effect, have the potential to completely change how people use the service. SEE ALSO: Twitter's new ad policy prompts politicians to call out Facebook, "Our goal is continue to improve the public conversation on Twitter," continued Davis, "and getting feedback from the community on our ideas is helpful as we prioritize our work.". . “Permission” seems to be the central theme of these potential new Twitter features, as they would allow users to strongly limit who can be involved in their online conversations.

Davis followed that tweet up by asking his Twitter followers if they agree with the ideas on the list, what other new features they would like to see added, and explained some of the reasoning for the potential changes.

list. Recently, Twitter announced that the company will start removing inactive accounts from December 11th onwards, starting with accounts in the European Union. ← San Jose Sharks’ Evander Kane Sued By Las Vegas Casino For Failing To Pay $500,000 In Debts, Antonio Brown Released A Workout Video To Hype His Return Even Though No One Knows If He’s Actually Allowed To Play →. We reached out to Twitter for clarification on both the mechanics of the features, and the timeline of their implementation, but the company didn't really want to get into specifics.