{"id":15581,"date":"2019-06-14T12:10:02","date_gmt":"2019-06-14T20:10:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.palada.net\/index.php\/2019\/06\/14\/news-9330\/"},"modified":"2019-06-14T12:10:02","modified_gmt":"2019-06-14T20:10:02","slug":"news-9330","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.palada.net\/index.php\/2019\/06\/14\/news-9330\/","title":{"rendered":"Trolls abuse Twitter Lists to collate their targets"},"content":{"rendered":"

Credit to Author: Jovi Umawing| Date: Fri, 14 Jun 2019 19:09:39 +0000<\/strong><\/p>\n

I\u2019ve been using Twitter for more than a decade. And one of its features that I find valuable is Lists<\/a>. Turns out I’m not the only one.<\/p>\n

Lists allow Twitter users to group profiles or feeds based on certain criteria, such as sports, tech news, celebrities, fashion\u2014you get the idea. Having Lists makes it a lot easier to find content or catch up on posts I\u2019d otherwise miss without having to scroll down through the seemingly bottomless frames of tweets. Those who follow thousands and don\u2019t want to miss out can relate.<\/p>\n

However, a recent report from CNBC<\/a> details how the Lists feature is used by those with ill intent to collate a group of accounts\u2014aka targets\u2014they can follow, troll, harass, and bully. <\/p>\n

This is nothing new. Twitter has been aware of such misuse for several years now, yet according to many users who found themselves or know someone else at the receiving end of abuse, the company has done little to help address this problem.<\/p>\n

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Read: Tackling the myths surrounding cyberbullying<\/a><\/p>\n

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Twitter stopped notifying users when they were added to a list two years ago. In a Twitter Safety tweet, the company revealed why they did this:<\/p>\n

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We want you to get notifications that matter. Starting today, you won't get notified when you are added to a list. https:\/\/t.co\/82xiaZbg1W<\/a><\/p>\n

— Twitter Safety (@TwitterSafety) February 13, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n