TwitterBlue, Super Follows, Paid Spaces, and the eventual arrival of reactions are just some of the upcoming news from the social network in question. It has been a busy year for the platform, which last week shared some studies that is being implemented to make it possible to personalize the delivery of tweets. Today, another Twitter employee shared internal insights from the company — this time focused on privacy.

From the user experience area, the designer Lena Emara used its personal profile to present conceptual screens of functions that are studied internally. The first of these is relatively simple — a notice in the feed asking if the user wants to review the content delivery controls. Basically, if he wants to switch between a public or locked account.

The second feature being studied by Twitter focused on privacy involves an alert when replying to tweets. This is aimed at those who have a locked profile, meaning that only confirmed followers can access their posts. When the user tries to reply to an account that does not follow them, a warning would appear informing them that the person would not be able to read the reply. In the same interface, the user would be invited to change the privacy settings to open their profile.

Which account am I writing from?

Twitter knows that its users like to have multiple accounts — the interface makes it clear that this isn't a problem for the platform. However, in apps, it's not always easy to check which profile you're on when the post box is already open. To avoid mistakes and blunders, the social network could start displaying a header with the username and photo of the account currently in use.

Anti-harassment tool

Another Twitter study on increasing privacy protections involves an anti-harassment tool. It’s possible that a post you post goes viral — and not everyone likes it. To avoid negative exposure, the user could be notified when malicious users search for their name, and depending on the volume of searches, the social network would notify the account.

This would make it possible to define that your profile is unavailable in searches, or even prevent it from appearing in the platform's recommendations. Currently, it is possible to prevent searches by email and phone number. The new search filters could be activated for a variable period of time, without the user having to manually deactivate them — if they so wish.

It is worth noting that the studies were shared as a way for the social network to gather opinions and decide whether or not to move forward with them. This does not mean that Twitter is committed to these privacy control possibilities. The platform appears to be anticipating possible leaks — which could leave some insiders somewhat frustrated.

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