Twitter announces new controls for conversations, available globally now

You can now "hide" your replies...

What you need to know


Twitter has announced new controls for conversations on Twitter.
Starting today, users will be able to hide replies to their Tweets.
Everyone will still be able to see and engage with these replies, but you can hide replies away to "shut out the noise".


Twitter has announced that it is changing the way conversations work on Twitter, bringing more control to users so as to make Twitter safer and more comfortable.

According to a press release:


Everyone should feel safe and comfortable while talking on Twitter. To make this happen, we need to change how conversations work on our service. Currently, repliers can shift the topic or tone of a discussion and derail what you and your audience want to talk about. To give you more control over the conversations you start, we tested the option for you to hide replies to your Tweets. We learned that the feature is a useful new way to manage your conversations. Today, we're making...