Twitter tested 'Do you want to follow this account?' Function


by Joshua Gould

Twitter confirmed that we were testing "a function to display unfollowed lists to users" as it is possible to increase the quality of the timeline by stopping following Twitter accounts that have not been periodically checked.

Twitter tested a list of suggested people to unfollow - The Verge
https://www.theverge.com/2018/8/29/17798038/twitter-suggested-unfollow-list-test-liberal-bias-president-donald-trump

Matt Navarra of social & digital media consultant first reported that Twitter is testing new features.


The image that Navarra posted is like this. The heading "Control what's happening here" and the heading "You can improve your timeline by reviewing some accounts you may not need to follow (by reviewing the account you do not need to follow, You can do better) "message is displayed. Click "Take a look" ......



A list of people following this is displayed. By pressing "Following" button and then pressing "Done" you can unfollow collectively.



This test was done for only a few days, and it is said that the present article finished now. Twitter, against The Verge of foreign news media, "Users want an appropriate timeline, one way to accomplish this is to unfollow those who do not need to see regularly. We have been doing extremely limited tests to display accounts of such people and ask "Do not want to unfollow?"

SNS and news media including Twitter are being criticized as being politically biased or criticized as suppressing conservatism's opinion and hiding information. At the local time on Tuesday, August 28, 2018, President Cardinal told "Google's search results are displaying only fake news" and "I'm hiding good news" and gained a lot of attention It was.

GIGAZINE argues against Google saying President Trump 's manipulation of search results and hiding good news "



In addition, on August 29 (Wednesday), President Trump said "Google and Twitter, Facebook has entered troubled areas, they have to be careful, most of them are not fair" doing.

Trump says Google, Twitter, and Facebook are on 'troubled territory' and 'better be careful' - The Verge
https://www.theverge.com/2018/8/28/17792764/trump-google-rigged-search-results-claim-response



For Navarra's posts, there is a positive opinion that "it is a good feature" or "I wanted this", but if conservative politicians are displayed in the "unfollow list", President Trump The Verge pointed out that it could result in a gap of attack. It seems that there is no problem as a function, but the timing of release is considered a problem.

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