2020 Twitter Features Highlight
Twitter is a ‘microblogging’ and platform that allows users to send and receive short posts called tweets. Twitter relishes with 330 million average monthly active users. It prompts viral trends and accelerates news, jokes, and so much more depending on how users want to use the platform and what they want to follow. It continues to be a trailblazer in social media as it quickly adapts to changing trends and requests of the users. Here are some newly rolled out features.
Hate-Free Platform
Twitter expands its language guidelines to prohibit dehumanizing and derogatory content made towards people of certain groups, diseases, and disabilities, etc. The purpose of the action is to protect users and create a healthy environment.
Tweet to Categories
Twitter provides the feature which directs tweets towards some groups, hashtags, interests, and intended audience. This feature will steer high-performing conversations and will generate rich content in the domain.
Ciao, Retweet
Twitter offers the option to determine if other users can retweet their tweets. This feature gives users access to maintaining their privacy and keeping certain things specific to selected audiences.
Do Not @ Me Twitter
Twitter will not permit any user to mention you without your consent. This feature will protect users from any form of abuse or persecution created on the platform. Also, users do not have to make their profile private to prevent such disturbances.
Hold That Tweet, Add Another
Twitter allows users to compound tweets to preceding tweets. This feature prompts users to discuss complex issues in a chain form and creates kong threads. But this won’t allow users to edit their tweets.
Twitter Fleets
Twitter inculcates a new story feature, with their version called Twitter Fleets. The video, post, or tweet on the story will be available for 24 hours only. Unlike tweets, users will not get any likes and replies.
Adieu, SMS Accounts
Twitter removes the SMS tweets feature. This feature allowed users to tweet through a Short Message Service (SMS); without the Internet. The service has terminated to prevent the swapping of SIM cards and as a privacy concern.
Schedule Tweets
Twitter allows desktop users to draft uncompleted tweets and schedule them. This feature is only accessible through desktop or mobile web. Users can enjoy the convenience of scheduling and posting tweets at their own pace.
Read Before You Tweet
Twitter opens a new feature on the Android platform that encourages users to check the integrity of posted articles before retweeting and sharing. It will produce informed discussions and prevent the spread of misinformation.
Find More of What You Like
Twitter provides a list where users can follow some topics and discover new content. The list of suggestions includes things you tweet about and the accounts you follow. Users can also search for list recommendations by exploring topics related to the content.
Conclusion
Twitter has made some immense changes in its functioning during the pandemic. By establishing itself as a Hate-Free Platform and ensuring the utmost privacy and safety of the users. It has a separate section for showing what is currently happening and trending at the hour. Also, it emerges as one of the largest platforms for sharing rapid views on any idea, information, or happening around the globe.
About the Author
Punya is a student at Delhi University, stoked with inquisitiveness to absorb and probe into every aspect of the social world. As a digital marketing intern at Social Buzz, Punya takes joy in learning the nuts and bolts of Digital Marketing. She loves to write and learn about marketing campaigns. When not writing, she is found strolling in the gardens near water or just gazing at the night sky.
