Last week, Twitter began hiding the content of a deleted tweet embedded with an embed code on a web page, on the site it was placed on. This wasn’t the case before, and the embedded tweets that were deleted continued to appear on the site in question.
Eleanor Harding, Product Manager of Twitter, stated in her statement on the subject that they hide the deleted tweets placed on the web page to respect the privacy of users, while social media experts criticized the company’s decision as leading to falsification of public information.
Twitter no longer hides deleted tweets
Twitter took a step back after the backlash. Now, as before, even if a tweet placed on a website is deleted, its content will still be visible. For a better understanding of the subject, you can refer to the post below.
Although former US President Donald Trump’s @realDonaldTrump account was closed, the content of his tweets can be read on news sites.
A Twitter spokesperson told the press, “After evaluating the feedback we’ve received, we’re reverting this change for now as we explore different options. Your feedback helps us make Twitter better.”
Social media platforms consider many criteria when developing a new feature. Even if an innovation is based on a reasonable and logical reason, companies can take a step back when they receive intense criticism from users. We saw the biggest example of this in the chronological order feature.
Twitter silently removed the function to show tweets on the homepage in chronological order by default last month. However, when this situation caused a reaction, the company abandoned its decision and added the feature back to the application. Likewise, Instagram removed the chronological order years ago, but brought it back in the past months.
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