After a successful testing for exactly 30 days, Twitter announces it is adding the Unmentioning feature to the app and web version of the platform. The new feature, which the Social Media Giant first started testing in April, allows you to remove yourself from conversations you don’t want to be a part of.
The above Gif from Twitter explains how you can remove yourself from a conversation. First tap the three-dot menu on the tweet in question. From there, you’ll see a new option to “leave this conversation.” Once you tap that option, Twitter explains that leaving a conversation will do the following things:
- Untag your username: Your username stays, but it’ll be untagged from the original tweet and all replies.
- Stop future mentions: People can’t mention you again in this conversation.
- Stop notifications: You won’t receive further notifications but can still see the conversation.
Once you confirm that you want to leave the conversation, your username will be untagged from all tweets in that conversation. This means other users are unable to tap through and view your profile, and any responses will not include your tag.
You might want to use this feature yourself if you’re stuck in a toxic conversation or simply don’t want to receive notifications for a thread you’re a part of. The new feature also stops notifications for the thread, and also prevents anyone in the thread from tagging you again.
The official launch of the feature comes as Elon Musk officially announced that he is pulling out of the $44 billion agreement to buy Twitter. The Tesla CEO has been in a long-standing epic drama to acquire the company, which started when he first bought a 9.2 per cent share of the social media company.
Twitter has been adding a flux of new features to its platform recently. The rollout of the Unmentioning feature is the most recent after it joined the likes of TikTok and Instagram, giving users a new way to collaborate on a tweet.
Last month alone saw five additions, which makes sense to say that the Social Media Giant is making Twitter a more engaging platform. The “Unmentioning” and “Tweet to Circles” are Twitter’s most recent features on how to stay safe on the networking site.
