Published 16:56 IST, May 21st 2020
Twitter, NASA set up a date on micro-blogging site during late night chat
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration and Twitter set up a date after a short chat on the micro-blogging platform where it all started with “u up?".
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National Aeronautics and ministration (NASA) and Twitter set up a date after a short chat on micro-blogging platform where it all started with “u up?”. In a one-on-one conversation due to latest feature aimed at limiting participants, Twitter and NASA talked about earth and , wifi speeds, and ended up in a date. Take a look at conversation:
mars reference was for NASA's Perseverance Rover which is set to launch in July and expected to land on planet on February 18, 2021. However, conversation was to reveal new feature that Twitter is planning to roll out grually. new feature will limit participants in a conversation by letting user control who can reply to tweet.
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As per new feature, a user can compose a tweet and mention people he/she wants to talk to by tapping on permission settings and choosing option ‘Only people you mention’. or two options are “Everyone” and ‘People you follow’. ‘Everyone’ will be default setting which will let all users reply to tweet while ‘People you follow’ will allow those people to reply whom user is following on Twitter.
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Netizens figure out 'glitch'
Netizens figured out motive of conversation saying custom reply feature is going to be “weird”.
In January, Kayvon Beykpour, product le at Twitter h agreed to risks highlighted and ded that team is taking into consideration how to build it. “For example, I think it’s important for us to allow quote tweets (an important way to dispute/debunk somebody’s tweet), paired with an easier way to see QTs,” he tweeted.
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16:56 IST, May 21st 2020