Imagine the classic "five more minutes, please" after the alarm goes off, but in a version Twitter. Well, that seems to be what could come in a future update, a new functionality that would add a "Snooze" button to mute notifications for as long as you decide.
Pause Twitter notifications temporarily
Twitter is testing a new feature that would allow mute notifications that are received through their applications on a temporary basis. To do this, they would introduce a button that, after pressing it, would give the option to establish three predefined time intervals: one hour, three hours or twelve hours.
When the button is pressed and the desired time is set, your notifications will stop receiving. Logically these will not be lost, they will simply stop appearing and bothering, accumulating in the application until it is decided to activate or consult again.
'Snooze' from Twitter, interesting or unnecessary?
If you look closely, the new function that Twitter would be testing can be seen in two different ways, or even three if we hurry. On the one hand as something interesting, because the multiple notifications and notices that are received daily by applications, services or the operating system itself they can get tired and annoying much.
Being doing something and seeing how the phone rings, vibrates or its screen lights up with a little balloon with information about who or what demands your attention is not always pleasant. Therefore, if you are a very active user on Twitter and from time to time you want a break, being able to silence it for one, three or twelve hours is a good idea.
On the other hand, this might be one of those unnecessary functions because There are already options in operating systems to control notifications. Both Android and iOS, macOS or Windows allow you to manage what and how we see the notifications of the various applications that are used.
For example, on Android and iOS, which are the platforms where you can consume Twitter, there are already settings to establish what these notifications will be like, whether we want them to sound or not, whether they appear on the locked screen or only in the notification center, etc.
What's more, these systems have a do not disturb mode that when we want to do something without distractions is fantastic. But as we said, this new function could be seen in up to three different ways. The last one would be like something unnecessary and interesting at the same time.
As we have said, current operating systems allow you to configure how you receive notifications. Some people directly turn them all off (somewhat liberating) or only those that are really annoying. But of course, if you want to do something specific about a single app, entering the general settings may not be the most comfortable.
Therefore, for Twitter to add a button within the interface of its own application is interesting but not essential. In addition, the user with less knowledge or desire to investigate the system options is also compensated by a direct option. Let's see if it actually arrives soon or not. It convinces us, even if it was not one of the big changes that Twitter should face right now (ahem, like allowing editing of tweets or schedule tweets).