Microblogging platform Twitter launched an "Unmentioning feature"

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Microblogging platform Twitter has launched an "Unmentioning feature". This feature will allow users to remove themselves from any conversation.

Important facts

• This feature will allow users to disengage themselves from conversations they no longer wish to be a part of.

• It will help protect the peace of the people by removing themselves from unwanted conversations.

• Twitter was testing the unmanaging feature on a limited number of users so far. Now it has been launched for everyone.

• The feature has been launched amid the ongoing stir over the walkout of Elon Musk's USD 44 billion deal to buy Twitter.

Elon Musk's walkout

• In premarket trading, Twitter shares fell nearly 6 percent amid Elon Musk's recent walkout.

• Musk recently cancelled his $44 billion deal to buy Twitter.

• After this Twitter announced the prosecution of Elon Musk.

About Twitter 

• Twitter was founded in March 2006 by Jack Dorsey, Biz Stone, Noah Glass and Evan Williams.

• It is an American communications company headquartered in San Francisco, California.

• Twitter is a microblogging and social networking service on which users post and interact with messages called "tweets".

• CEO - Parag Agarwal