Twitter trials warnings about ‘intense’ conversations

Users urged to look out for each other' and remember the human' as platform tries to limit abuse

Twitter users poised to dive into a heated online debate will be warned they are about to enter an intense" conversation, under a safety trial.

The social media platform is testing a feature that drops a notice under a potentially contentious exchange, stating: Heads up. Conversations like this can be intense." Another prompt, which appears to be aimed at people making a reply, goes to greater lengths to calm down users and urges the tweeter to look out for each other", remember the human" and note that diverse perspectives have value".