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> One of the nice features in G+ was that the owner of a thread (the originator) could delete replies. I think that could work nicely in Twitter too. Interesti
by EForEndeavour 8y ago
> One of the nice features in G+ was that the owner of a thread (the originator) could delete replies. I think that could work nicely in Twitter too.
Interesting; I think adding this feature without changing anything else would severely exacerbate the already intolerable echo-chamber effect. Sure, trolling and abuse would lose visibility, but so would even slightly contrary opinions. Thought bubbles would shrink even further, and the platform would become even less enjoyable. (Context: I'm a light Twitter user, reading ~10 min/day and sending 1-2 tweets/month)
- ordinaryperson 8y agoMaybe. But does Twitter even experiment to see? Take Maggie Haberman, NYT reporter. Her Twitter replies are always a cesspool...what if she could lock down her tweets so only a whitelisted group of users (say people she follows) could comment? You'd still (hopefully) get contrary opinions but none of the dreck that dominates her feed now. I don't know if that's the answer. But I don't see Twitter even trying, just Dorsey waxing philosophical about it.
- username3 8y agoShe can moderate her replies, but what if we want to see all the replies? What if we can choose our own moderators?
- criddell 8y agoThat sounds too complicated. If it's her thread, she should be able to curate it in anyway she wants.
- Marazan 8y agoWhat I call "Twitter Communities" is my answer to that problem. Invite only groups. The world can read but only group members can post to the group. Otherwise exactly like Twitter currently is. You can create a community and invite people to it and then when you post you either post to a community or global, everything still appears in your feed but you can filter down to just a certain community posts.
- criddell 8y agoIt's worth trying. If it makes Twitter worse they can always undo the change.