Many Twitter users find it annoying to be mentioned in a tweet and then engage in unwanted conversation. Now, Twitter has prepared a solution.
Twitter has started testing the Unmention feature. As the name implies, this feature allows users to remove mention of their username in Twitter threads and leave the conversation.
"We're experimenting with Unmentioning -- a way to help you protect your peace and leave the conversation behind," Twitter said in its announcement.
This feature is still in a limited global trial phase involving a handful of users. This feature is also only available on the web and it is not yet known when it will be available on other platforms.
To access the Unmention feature, Twitter users on the web simply have a three-dot menu at the end of the tweet. After that a pop-up menu will appear, and select the option 'Leave this Conversation'.
Once that option is clicked, Twitter will display a pop-up page explaining that leaving the conversation will remove the tag or mention of the user's username in the tweet, but the user's username will still be visible.
When a user unmentions their account, their Twitter username will be grayed out and cannot be clicked. This indicates the user has left the conversation and other users cannot re-tag them to join the conversation.
Unmentioning will also turn off notifications. So users who, for example, are bombarded with negative comments by netizens, can feel calmer.
The concept of the Unemention feature was first revealed by Twitter privacy designer Dominic Camozzi in June 2021. At that time Camozzi also showed several privacy feature concepts that Twitter was planning.
The presence of the Unmention feature is certainly very useful for users who often receive unwanted mentions from friends, spammers, or even when blasphemed by other users. Users can control conversations better and feel calmer without annoying notifications.