Twitter Prompts Users to Share a Tweet, not Screenshot it

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Twitter is testing new pop-ups telling users to share tweets or copy links and controlling screenshots.

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This was first spotted by app researcher Jane Manchun Wong and social media analyst Matt Navarra.

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A Twitter spokesperson told "Twitter doesn’t want you to screenshot tweets anymore"

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It wants active users on platform viewing tweets INSTEAD of via screenshots on rival platforms

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A Twitter spokesperson told TechCrunch, “We want to make Tweets accessible to everyone,"

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"Even when they leave our platform, and allow others an easy way back to the full conversation on Twitter"

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We are currently testing this new prompt with a small group of people on iOS.

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To let them know there are other ways they can share Tweets with their friends.

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The microblogging site earlier announced an experiment which allowed some users to use the platform without creating an account.

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