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Muted Response: Twitter Introduces Option to Ignore People You Follow

Twitter announced its new “mute’’ feature today. REUTERS

Twitter’s making it easier to tune out your friends the next time one of them has a few drinks and begins to soliloquy on the social platform.

It’s unclear why else one would use Twitter’s new “mute’’ feature, but hey, it can’t hurt to have.

The company announced the forthcoming feature on its blog today.

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It’s a little more nice than an unfollow, and certainly more polite than saying #shutup.

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