Twitter to expand downvoting test to global audience"We've been testing how we can surface the most relevant replies within Tweets with the use of downvoting on replies"
What you need to know
Twitter is expanding its downvote tests.
They'll be going global on the web, and iOS very soon.
Twitter says users have been downvoting content because of offensive or irrelevant replies.
Twitter says that it is rolling out testing of a new downvoting feature to a global audience on the web and iOS.
The company announced on Thursday that the feature is expanding to a global audience, stating:
We learned a lot about the types of replies you don't find relevant and we're expanding this test –– more of you on web and soon iOS and Android will have the option to use reply downvoting.
Twitter says that a majority of users say that the reason they downvoted content (specifically replies) was because they were perceived as offensive or not relevant, or both. Twitter says the experiment has further revealed that downvoting "is the most ...
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Twitter to expand downvoting test to global audience
