{"id":37054,"date":"2022-10-04T20:32:00","date_gmt":"2022-10-04T17:32:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/saudishopper.com.sa\/en\/?p=37054"},"modified":"2026-03-28T01:54:21","modified_gmt":"2026-03-27T22:54:21","slug":"twitter-adds-arabic-to-reply-prompts-feature-to-encourage-people-to-rethink-potentially-harmful-or-offensive-replies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/saudishopper.com.sa\/en\/twitter-adds-arabic-to-reply-prompts-feature-to-encourage-people-to-rethink-potentially-harmful-or-offensive-replies\/","title":{"rendered":"Twitter adds Arabic to \u2018Reply Prompts\u2019 feature to encourage people to rethink potentially harmful or offensive replies\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Feature now available in Saudi Arabia, after a successful experiment <\/em>among Arabic audencies in the Kingdom<\/em><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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KSA, 4th October<\/strong>: Today, Twitter adds Arabic to \u201cReply Prompts\u2019\u2019 encouraging people to rethink potentially harmful or offensive replies – such as insults, strong language or hateful remarks before they hit send, in line with its commitment to create a space that encourages meaningful conversations. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

People come to Twitter to talk about what’s happening, and sometimes conversations can get intense and people say things in the moment they might regret later. Experiments demonstrate promising results with people changing or deleting the replies over 30% of the time when prompted for English users in the US and around 47% of the time for Portuguese users in Brazil.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Launched in 2022, globally in the English language along with Spanish in Mexico, Turkish globally and Portuguese in Brazil, Reply Prompts encouraged people to pause and reconsider a potentially harmful or offensive reply before they hit send. Based on feedback and learnings from those tests, the platform made improvements to the systems that decide when and how these reminders are sent. Starting today, the feature will be available on iOS, Android and Web for accounts that have enabled Arabic-language settings in Saudi Arabia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Identifying the need<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

In early tests, people were sometimes prompted unnecessarily because the algorithms powering the prompts struggled to capture the nuances of many conversations and often didn’t differentiate between potentially offensive language, sarcasm, and friendly banter. Throughout the experiment process, Twitter analyzed results, collected feedback from the public, and worked to address its errors, including detection inconsistencies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

These tests ultimately resulted in people sending less potentially offensive replies across the service, and improved behavior on Twitter. The platform learned that: <\/p>\n\n\n\n