There is no doubt the mention feature on Twitter is an efficient way of sharing content, but its downside is that you keep getting notifications to discussions you’ve been mentioned in even if you couldn’t be arsed. Well, now, Twitter is giving you the power to opt out of threads that are of no interest or relevance to you.
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‘See yourself out’
As the name of the new feature (unmentioning) suggests, you can now remove yourself from an unwanted conversation to stop receiving those annoying notifications anytime someone interacts with the tweet, Android Central reports. The good thing about this new add is that you have more control over how other users interact with your account. Announcing the new feature in a tweet, Twitter said:
Sometimes you want to see yourself out. Take control of your mentions and leave a conversation with Unmentioning, now rolling out to everyone on all devices.
The unmentioning feature was trialled out early this year and is now available to all users.
How to unmention yourself
With these few steps, you can easily check out of those boring and unnecessary threads that your friend from high school whom you’ve not spoken to in years, deemed it fit to include you in.
All you need to do is to first open the thread in which you've been mentioned.Tap on the three-dot menu to reveal the option to leave the conversation. A pop-up box then explains to you that leaving the thread means people will be unable to mention you again in the same thread, although your username remains visible in the discussion, albeit greyed out.
Keep in mind that you cannot undo this action, so before you unmention yourself from a discussion, make sure you really want to leave and stay gone.
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