Twitter says that it is presently testing this feature on the Twitter apps for iOS and Android, and for Twitter.com. The testing will last several weeks. Interestingly, after a test run of this feature in Canada, Twitter members said that they were more likely to reconsider how they responded to a tweet once they had a response hidden. Twitter says 27% of its subscribers who had this done to them during testing said that they would reconsider how they responded to others on Twitter in the future.

Those posting a tweet said that they hid responses that they considered to be “irrelevant, abusive or unintelligible.” And because some Twitter members said that having their reply hidden could lead to confusion or frustration, those who do decide to hide a reply will be asked by Twitter if they want to block the account that the reply came from. Blocking such an account could lead to less tension on a social media site that is about as high-strung as it can possibly be.