What's New in Social #2
How to make platforms more inclusive and safe for its users, is something that every social media giant sound be considering. This week we look at what Social Media platforms have been taking action to make their platforms more inclusive and a safer space to share opinions and views.
TikTok adds default auto-captions for all videos
TikTok have announced in a bid to make the short-form video platform more inclusive for all users, they have now built in the “auto-captions” feature.
The auto captions will automatically generate subtitles, which means viewers can read or listen to content created. ?Creators can select to turn on captions as their video uploads, and can edit the caption text once they have been generated.
This is a great step forward to make the app more inclusive for those with hearing impairments or deaf viewers.
This feature is currently only going to be available in American English and Japanese, but TikTok have shared in their product blog that they will be increasing the languages available in the upcoming months.?
?Image source: Newsroom TikTok
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Twitter experiments with new ‘Unmention’ feature
The Twitter safety team have launched their latest test of the ‘unmention’ feature. Available now to select web users, users will now be able to remove themselves from conversations on Twitter that they no longer wish to be a part of.
Twitter had started testing of the initial unmention concept back in June 2021, sharing that the concept could help control “unwanted attention on Twitter” and feedback was welcomed from users.
Nine months later, and Twitter Safety team have shared a short explainer, demonstrating what the Unmention feature may look like and how it can be used. Using the feature means that
·???????Your username is untagged from the original tweet and replies
·???????Users cannot mention you again within the same reply chain
·???????You’ll no longer be notified about updates to the exchange
Feedback so far looks to be very positive, with Twitter users praising the decision and many stating that this is a feature that should have been added a long time ago.
For now, it appears the unmention feature will only be tested on Twitter Web, so we look forward to seeing the feature rolled out on the Twitter App also.?