Twitter's Privacy Designer Dominic Camozzi's recent tweets allude to a new mechanism that the microblogging platform will work on, that will limit who can and cannot tag you in a tweet
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While this new feature could indeed improve the user experience of most internet users, it could prove to be more problematic for a celebrity on the platform. Like Chrissy Teigen, under fire after her old tweets resurfaced, stifling this kind of controversy likely wouldn't be of much benefit to stars, lest it becomes even more widespread. While Twitter indicates that the author of the tweet is not notified when a user wants to remove their mention, users will be able to see it for themselves since the username will no longer be clickable. A decision that could then aggravate the situation and further ignite a controversy.Sometimes you want to talk, and sometimes you just ... don't.
— Dominic Camozzi (@_dcrc_) June 14, 2021
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Feedback, especially at this beginning stage, is invited (and wanted)! 🧵 pic.twitter.com/6SpzqiwFlL