Twitter Test-Runs 'Mute' Functionality For Annoying Users

I do, and Twitter might just have the solution coming soon.

Twitter is presently test-running a new feature in its mobile app that will allow a user 'mute' any account they find irritating.

Note that this is different from the 'block' functionality which means you are totally ending communication with a particular account/user.

Muting is temporary, mean you can block out people who you don't want to continue seeing tweets from, perhaps for a period, say during live matches.

According to the BBC, quoting technology news site The Verge, selected users running Twitter's Apple iOS and Google Android apps reported seeing the feature appear.

Though this feature has not been officially introduced by Twitter, it may or may not finally become a permanent feature.

Twitter once said in a 2013 blog post that testing features before deciding to launch them is a normal thing.

"We also experiment with features that may never be released to everyone who uses Twitter. Those experiments are perhaps even more valuable because they help us decide what not to do –– which is important as we work to keep Twitter simple while improving the user experience.

"Ultimately, our goal is to learn and keep making the product better; we aren't necessarily looking to launch all of the experiments we roll out," it said.

We wait. At least, I wait.