Hallelujah - Twitter is Adding Mute Functionality to its Mobile App

Perhaps the biggest problem with social media is that it requires the internet - and the internet can be a rather unfriendly place. At least, some of the people in it can be mighty unfriendly. With this in mind, Twitter is rolling out a new mute feature for its apps and web service.

Twitter's mute function does exactly that: it hides all of a particular user's activity from your personal feed, whether it's responses, favorites, retweets, or anything else. Users who have been muted will still be seen by other users and may still interact normally, it's just that you won't see any of that. This also applies to push and SMS notifications.

Instructions on how to make use of this new feature for iOS can be found below.

To mute a Twitter user on iOS: Muting from a Tweet: Tap a Tweet from the user you’d like to mute. Tap the "•••" icon. Tap "Mute" and "Yes, I’m sure" to confirm. Muting from a profile: Visit the profile page of the user you wish to mute. Tap the gear icon. Tap "Mute" and "Yes, I’m sure" to confirm.