As you may see in this picture, posted by Chris Messina, some Twitter customers are actually seeing this new notification after they log into the app, alerting them to the brand new Pin Reply choice.

Which is the very same alert that app researcher Jane Manchun Wong present in Twitter’s back-end code earlier this month, indicating {that a} full launch is probably going imminent.

Because it sounds, tweet reply pinning will allow customers to spotlight a selected reply to their tweet through the three dots menu on a response. You’ll then be capable to hold that reply on the high of the thread, maximizing publicity for that particular interplay.

Which could possibly be good for highlighting, say, celeb engagement, or to assist showcase particularly useful/partaking/humorous responses to your tweets, which might additionally information the relating dialog. There are additionally a variety of potential model makes use of, like inviting probably the most inventive replies to your tweets, then pinning the perfect response.

However most significantly, a minimum of from Twitter’s perspective, it should add one other management ingredient to your tweet expertise.

Twitter’s added a variety of instruments on this entrance over the previous 12 months, from reply controls to Communities to eradicating your self from a tweet dialog. Twitter’s working to present customers much more capability to handle precisely how they have interaction and work together throughout the app, and pinned replies would offer one other small enhancement on this context.

It’s not a game-changer, by any means, but it surely could possibly be an fascinating addition – and it appears to be coming to extra customers very quickly.

We have requested Twitter for more information on the present roll-out plans for Pinned Tweet Replies and we’ll replace this submit if/once we hear again.