Twitter tries harder to promote third-party safety tools
by Jon Porter from The Verge - All Posts on (#5YEBD)
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Twitter has launched a new limited experiment that will see it promote developers' third-party safety tools natively on its service, TechCrunch reports. The test will initially focus on apps like Block Party, Bodyguard and Moderate, which can help block harassment and other toxic content on the platform.
With this experiment, select users will see these services promoted with a new prompt when they mute or block another account on Twitter. It highlights apps featured in Twitter Toolbox, a recently launched initiative that currently promotes third-party Twitter tools in an online hub. The Twitter Toolbox offers more solutions to improve your experience on Twitter," the prompt reads, before listing a selection of services.
The experiment...