Twitter is giving its users more control over their follower lists, through a new feature that will be familiar to Instagram users: a “remove follower” function.
And it’s as simple as it sounds. Say you’re going through your followers and come across some old names from high school you’d rather not be associated with anymore. A handful of folks you gave your @ to out of courtesy after meeting them once at a party. Maybe a relative whose posts are getting a little… ahem… radical for your feed. Well, now you can simply tap the three-dot icon next to their username and select “Remove” to be done with them.
Remove undesired Twitter followers, quietly
Before now, if you wanted to remove someone from your follower list, you’d have to block them. This, naturally, removes them. Then, to make sure you wouldn’t run into an awkward, “Hey, so, why did you block me?” conversation should you bump into that person again (online or in-person), you’d unblock them. This has commonly been referred to as ‘soft blocking’. The new “Remove” button streamlines that for you.
Now, the feature isn’t arriving in full just yet. It’s currently in testing, and only on Twitter’s website too, but chances are it shouldn’t be too long before we see a full release for mobile too.
Twitter’s been rolling out a number of new features recently, both for user convenience and safety, such as a tip-jar that supports Bitcoin and a new anti-harassment Safety Mode.