Twitter Hide Replies Feature Launches, “Worldwide!”

Anyone can hide replies to their tweets. Every user can see and engage with hidden replies on tapping the grey icon. By doing this, users will get control over the decisions they begin with, but an entire text conversation can still be seen.

This option helps to shut out 85 percent noise created by people who hide replies without blocking and muting. It is not the same as the delete button but what it does is hide your reply behind an icon. If your followers wish to see hidden texts, they can do so by pressing the icon to view.

The feature was tested first in Canada, then in the US and later in Japan this recent September. 27 percent of people in Canada who hid their tweets said, they will reconsider how they shall interact to others in the future. They also thought that it was a helpful method to manage what they viewed, the same as muted keywords.

Some of them had to say, they didn’t wish to hide replies because they feared getting retaliated as the icon remains visible. Twitter said that they will continue to get some more feedback on it.

As of the latest, the firm is working on new controls and clarity around the rules of conversation spaces. Twitter is building a new hide replies feature where developers can build extra management tools for controlling conversations.