Twitter adds the option to mark tweets as irrelevant or offensive

Twitter has a tool that allows you to mark tweets as irrelevant, negative or annoying. This is an option known as “bajivotos”, which was introduced in February and is available, on a limited basis, to some users in Latin America, the United States and other regions of the world, both on iOS, Android and desktop versions.

To make use of this alternative, simply click on the down arrow icon that appears when asking for tweets, right between the heart and share icons. When you click on the arrow, it will turn red.

It operates in a similar way to “like” only in this case content that the user dislikes is marked. It would ultimately be a kind of “dislike” button, although the platform prefers it not to be designated that way. As it was said, they describe it as “Bajivotos”.

The objective is to limit comments that are not useful or offensive so that they lose strength. “We're always looking for new ways to increase healthy engagement and engagement on Twitter. We are still in the learning phase of this experiment and we seek to better understand how the Bajivotos could help us, in the future, to give greater visibility to the most relevant content for people on Twitter. At this stage, the Bajivotos are still private and have no impact on the order of the answers,” they explained to Infobae from the social network.

Test participants agreed that this feature helps to raise the quality of conversations on Twitter, which are known among users as the most “toxic” of all social networks. This was spread by this social network when it announced this feature in February.

It should be noted that the platform has recently unveiled some tools to improve online conversation. In addition to the option already mentioned, he presented the Birdwatch program to stop the spread of misinformation through this social network. The system relies on community collaboration to provide context information in tweets considered potentially misleading

In turn, it launched a comprehensive guide to preventing grooming in Latin America. This is a joint work between Twitter and Grooming Argentina, with reach in the region.

Grooming refers to sexual harassment of children and adolescents through digital media, usually by adults seeking to establish contact for sexual purposes.

The guide, the authors emphasized, “reflects the importance of Latin American societies and communities taking an active commitment to the fight against this crime, and in turn calls on promoting actions focused on the prevention and protection of the rights of children and adolescents in digital environments.”

The guide contains the interpretation and identification of behavioral, emotional and educational indicators in potential victims. It also integrates family cybersecurity tools for primary and secondary prevention and a description of the incorporation of such conduct as a crime in the different laws of Latin America.

At the same time, it offers valid reporting resources and tools, such as Grooming Argentina's GAPP application, the first in the country and region, which allows reporting in real time; and general protection resources on Twitter, such as reporting support through its platform, and a glossary with the specific terminology used by the company.

When the tool was launched, Danya Centeno, representative of Twitter Hispanoamerica's Public Policy team and security specialist, said: “We at Twitter are committed to ensuring the safety of all those who use our platform. That is why Twitter has a series of rules aimed at creating a safe and free environment. We also continue to work on building alliances with organizations such as Grooming Argentina, to work together for a healthier and safer conversation for people in the digital environment.”

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