While earlier this week Twitter made it easier to follow conversations surrounding a tweet, the micro-blogging social network on Wednesday introduced a feature to export and import block lists.
With the new feature, Twitter users can curate their own list of blocked users on the micro-blogging network and share it with others. This is said to help make Twitter spam-free and "safer". Other users on the platform can also work and add more users in the shared list by importing it in their accounts.
"While many users find them [mute and block features] useful, we also recognize that some users - those who experience high volumes of unwanted interactions on Twitter - need more sophisticated tools. That's where this new feature comes in," said Xiaoyun Zhang, a Twitter User Safety Engineer in a company blog post. The advanced blocking tools are also said to help the Twitter's developer community "further improve users' experience."
http://m.gadgets.ndtv.com/social-networking/news/twitter-now-lets-you-import-and-export-block-lists-702247
With the new feature, Twitter users can curate their own list of blocked users on the micro-blogging network and share it with others. This is said to help make Twitter spam-free and "safer". Other users on the platform can also work and add more users in the shared list by importing it in their accounts.
"While many users find them [mute and block features] useful, we also recognize that some users - those who experience high volumes of unwanted interactions on Twitter - need more sophisticated tools. That's where this new feature comes in," said Xiaoyun Zhang, a Twitter User Safety Engineer in a company blog post. The advanced blocking tools are also said to help the Twitter's developer community "further improve users' experience."
http://m.gadgets.ndtv.com/social-networking/news/twitter-now-lets-you-import-and-export-block-lists-702247
