CHATTER AWAY: Overnight Open Thread

May 5, 2021 JMG Community, Open Thread

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. In the tests, it found that if prompted, 34 percent of people revised their initial reply or did not reply at all.

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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. https://t.co/JbnKOXb94o

— NBC News (@NBCNews) May 5, 2021