Adios, Over-Tweeters: Twitter Finally Adds a Mute Button

Twitter has announced the addition of a mute feature for users of its website and the company's app on iOS and Android

The first hints that such a change might be on the way came earlier in May when a report revealed that some users had begun seeing the feature popping up on their mobile Twitter apps

"The muted user will still be able to fave, reply to, and retweet your Tweets; you just won’t see any of that activity in your timeline," said Twitter product manager Paul Rosania in a blog post on the company's website on Monday. "The muted user will not know that you’ve muted them, and of course you can unmute at any time." Read more...