It has the potential to reduce the amount of spam.
The company X is working on a new tool that has the potential to assist in addressing spam posts on its website. Nima Owji, an independent app researcher who has discovered various unreleased X features in the past, claims that the platform that was formerly known as Twitter is currently working on the capability to deactivate links in replies. In accordance with the picture that Owji shared, users will have the opportunity to select a checkbox for the option if they do not wish for other users to be able to respond with a link to their postings.
X is working on the ability to let you disable links in the replies of your posts! pic.twitter.com/dddP0a8l5w
— Nima Owji (@nima_owji) July 19, 2024
In a response to a post that stated the existence of the function, Christopher Stanley, who is the Senior Director for Security Engineering at X, acknowledged that the feature does in fact exist. “My team built this,” Stanley responded in his response to the question. This feature has the potential to prohibit real human users from promoting their websites in other people’s posts, in addition to preventing spam bots from doing so. On the other hand, it has the potential to block users from adding links to reputable sources, which is useful in situations where users are attempting to disprove erroneous information and protect fake news from spreading further.
In a recent investigation, Owji discovered that X was conducting tests with an in-app currency that is designed to assist creators in generating income from the platform. After several months had passed since the website had been plagued by widespread impersonation, he discovered that it was also working on new capabilities for verifying identification. In addition to this, he found out that the company was attempting to compete with LinkedIn by providing job ads to organizations that had been authenticated.