Twitter begins to show prompts before people send 'mean' replies

[Nevilledog]

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Twitter says it’s releasing a feature that automatically detects "mean" replies on its service and prompts people to review the replies before sending them.

Twitter begins to show prompts before people send 'mean' replies
Mean replies on Twitter will require a little more thought to send.
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10:50 AM · May 5, 2021

https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/social-media/twitter-begins-show-prompts-people-send-mean-replies-rcna839

Nasty replies on Twitter will require a little more thought to send.

The tech company said Wednesday it was releasing a feature that automatically detects "mean" replies on its service and prompts people to review the replies before sending them.

"Want to review this before Tweeting?" the prompt asks in a sample provided by the San Francisco-based company.

Twitter users will have three options in response: tweet as is, edit or delete.

The prompts are part of wider efforts at Twitter and other social media companies to rethink how their products are designed and what incentives they may have built in to encourage anger, harassment, jealousy or other bad behavior. Facebook-owned Instagram is testing ways to hide like counts on its service.

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[soothsayer]

1. I wonder whether it understands sarcasm

Kind of a good feature tho

[Johnny2X2X]

2. This is a good step

And it won't catch everything and it will make mistakes, and people will ignore it and send mean Tweets anyway, but if this makes some people reconsider and edit their Tweets or not send them at all it can make a difference. If this just effects 10% of mean Tweets it can make a difference.