{"id":289982,"date":"2021-07-03T03:22:22","date_gmt":"2021-07-03T00:22:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/twitter-considering-new-trusted-friends-feature\/"},"modified":"2021-07-03T03:22:22","modified_gmt":"2021-07-03T00:22:22","slug":"twitter-considering-new-trusted-friends-feature","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/twitter-considering-new-trusted-friends-feature\/","title":{"rendered":"#Twitter considering new ‘Trusted Friends’ feature"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#Twitter<\/a> considering new ‘Trusted Friends’ feature<\/strong>”<\/p>\n

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Twitter is considering new features that could help users keep their private and professional lives separate \u2014 including one that would allow people to limit who sees certain tweets.<\/p>\n

The concept, dubbed \u201cTrusted Friends,\u201d would allow users to send tweets to a select group of friends or followers only.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s similar to Instagram\u2019s \u201cClose Friends\u201d feature for Stories, in that\u00a0users would no\u00a0longer have to switch accounts to tweet at their intended audience.<\/p>\n

Another concept for a new feature, \u201cFacets,\u201d would let people take on different personas using the same account. Others would be able to follow the entire account, or just the \u201cfacet\u201d they are interested in.<\/p>\n

The two early ideas were shared Thursday by @a_dsgnr, the account of Twitter designer Andrew Courter.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe hear y\u2019all, toggling your Tweets from public to protected, juggling alt accounts. It could be simpler to talk to who you want, when you want,\u201d Courter wrote<\/a>. \u201cWith Trusted Friends, you could Tweet to a group of your choosing. Perhaps you could also see trusted friends\u2019 Tweets first.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

In another tweet, the designer wrote<\/a>, \u201cHere\u2019s another app<\/a>roach, embracing an obvious truth: we\u2019re different people in different contexts (w\/ friends, fam, work, public) Facets, an early idea, lets you Tweet from distinct personas within 1 acct. Others can follow the whole acct \u2026 or just Facets they\u2019re interested in.\u201d<\/p>\n

Twitter users general<\/a>ly appeared to respond positively to the ideas, but also voiced some concerns and ideas of their own.<\/p>\n

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Twitter designer Andrew Courter tweeted about the potential changes.<\/figcaption>
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\u201cI really like this Facets idea actually. It would allow people to only follow you for what they\u2019re interested in. But I fear that having to choose Facets each time you Tweet will become a hassle and seem overly complicated sometimes,\u201d one person responded.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think both are good ideas, but if I could only pick one, the trusted friends concept would win hands down,\u201d another user replied. \u201cOf course, the ideas could be combined by allowing the user to limit the visibility of certain facets to trusted friends.\u201d\n <\/p><\/div>\n