Twitter Now Pokes Users to Read Tweet before Retweeting Them
Today, Twitter has announced a new feature that the company is experimenting with to make the platform better and secure. This is basically a change that Twitter is implementing that will prompt users to read the article before it is retweeted in order to promote a meaningful and informed discussion.
This new change has been announced via @TwitterSupport. As we know the rising tensions within the United States, along with the daily political discourse that’s been increasingly taking place over the last few years, Twitter wants people to retweet those tweets only that they have read and understood.
Sharing an article can spark conversation, so you may want to read it before you Tweet it.
To help promote informed discussion, we're testing a new prompt on Android –– when you Retweet an article that you haven't opened on Twitter, we may ask if you'd like to open it first.
— Twitter Support (@TwitterSupport) June 10, 2020
This is because sometimes people just hit the retweet button by just reading the heading of the tweet. However, sometimes the actual content of the article is completely different from what the headline says.
Twitter has already started rolling the feature out to some users on the Android app. As you retweet a post with an article embedded, a prompt will appear saying “Headlines don’t tell the full story. Want to read this before Retweeting?”
We wanted to test a way to improve the health of a conversation as it gets started. And to see if reminding people to read an article before they share it leads to more informed discussion.
— Twitter Support (@TwitterSupport) June 10, 2020
Well, it will not stop users to retweet any existing tweet, but it will give them a gentle reminder to read articles before others begin to spread misinformation.
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