Engadget Logo Engajet Japanese version of Twitter, start testing the "Follower release without blocking" function

Last week, Twitter was reported to be planning a "privacy tool" such as a tweet automatic archive, but one of them was a test for the "release of followers".

Until now, there was no choice but to remove the opponent's follow -up, but the other day it stated that the follow -up would be possible without blocking.It was unknown what kind of operation would be, but the test started immediately.

Now, the Twitter support account describes this function as "a curator (administrator) in your followers."It seems that the test has begun on the web version for some groups from the 8th (US land time).

The only way to delete a follower is:

If this test is popular, it is expected that more users will be able to delete followers without blocking.

Whether or not to use the block function is personal freedom, if it is completely blocked, it will be visualized as "Blocked by XX", and it will be controversial depending on the social position of the person.

However, if you keep being watched by people who are not favored, you want to avoid continuing to be cramped, such as paying more attention to your remarks.It may be a long -awaited function for those who have a large number of followers and have experienced a strange follower on SNS.

In addition, Twitter is an "privacy tool", an automatic archive function that makes it not visible to others after a certain period of time, a function that can hide what you like, and conversations that are dodged on Twitter.The concept of the involvement reply avoidance function to delete themselves from inside is also revealed.

Of these, the recipe avoidance is announced in 2021 that the test will start.

Source: Twitter Support (Twitter)

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