Alessandro paluzzi, a social media application function whistleblower and reverse engineer, once again found a new detail that Twitter is studying: there is a section dedicated to adding pronouns to users' profiles Twitter has been trying to make its platform an ideal place for all individuals. Therefore, it is not surprising that it is carrying out such a project.
Currently, Twitter users are adding their favorite pronouns to the biological part of their profile, but this new feature will change that.
According to the screenshot shared by paluzzi, the feature being developed will have an introductory screen that will emphasize the importance of allowing users to freely express their pronouns, saying "like a name, pronouns help express someone's identity" and "using pronouns is a sign of respect". This new feature is also designed to reduce stigma and promote acceptance. Since countless LGBTQ + community members use the application, such a feature is very meaningful on the current platform. In addition, there are many LGBTQ accounts with a large number of followers on twitter, such as buzzfeed LGBTQ with 221200 followers and gay times with 406900 followers.
The new column will also have a prompt, which will show some examples of pronouns in different languages and say that "understanding people's identity is very important to us". When editing a profile, this section will be placed under the date of birth and above the edit professional profile option.
Although the news seemed tempting, it was covered up by Elon Musk's acquisition of the platform, which caused fear among some members of the LGBTQ + community. The main concern of these people stems from Musk's plan to change, if not abolish, Twitter's content audit policy. Some people believe that when this happens, it will be the beginning of online harassment of LGBTQ people and other marginalized groups.
Musk wrote on twitter in 2020 that he did not approve of using pronouns on the platform because it seemed to him to strengthen people's fear of this possibility. "I absolutely support cross gender, but all these pronouns are" beautiful "( ?site_id=242986&euid=&t=https://mideajiadian.jd.com/ ) Nightmares, "the tweet wrote.
Despite the counterattack, musk did not attempt to explicitly defend his tweet through another statement. On the contrary, the billionaire quoted a score on twitter about Tesla's "100 / 100 in LGBTQ equality for the fourth consecutive year".