Twitter today unveiled its widely-rumored mute button, allowing anyone to silence over-active Twitter users in a couple of clicks.
According to Twitter, this feature operates a step below a full-on block, and should help prevent over-active users (like yours truly) from taking over your feed: “Muting a user on Twitter means their Tweets and Retweets will no longer be visible in your home timeline, and you will no longer receive push or SMS notifications from that user.”
The functionality first appeared for some Twitter users last week. Muting remains a popular feature in third-party apps like Tweetbot and Tweetdeck.
Available on iPhones, Android devices, and the Web, Twitter claims muting adds a new layer of curation to the service. Luckily, Twitter doesn’t notify users when you mute them, as that would be quite awkward. According to Twitter:
The muted user will not know that you’ve muted them, and of course you can unmute at any time.” Facebook offers a similar feature in its own news feed.
To mute a user from a Tweet on your iOS or Android device or on Twitter for web tap more and then mute @username. To mute someone from their profile page, tap the gear icon on the page and choose mute @username.
If you don’t see the feature yet, don’t panic. It’s rolling out over the coming weeks to everyone.
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Twitter’s new mute button officially rolls out, lets you block annoying users
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