I feel like the electricity company has suddenly decided to change the current in my supply without telling me first.

They say that the setting is confusing and that only 2% of people use it. All I know is that every single person I’ve introduced to Twitter has found it baffling until they’ve turned the setting on. It’s not even the default option so, presumably, the 2% of people who do use it know that they’re doing so and want it that way.

Let’s also not forget that it was us – the early Twitter adopters – who invented the @reply mechanism in the first place. It’s our feature!

Here’s what Twitter have to do to sort it out:

1. Restore the ability to set the value
2. Restore it to its former value it for all users (the 2%) who had it on
3. Consider moving it to some other tab in settings to make it clearer
4. Consult on how to make that work
5. Apologise for making the change in such a hamfisted way
6. Let us get on with using Twitter in whatever way we see fit

If you haven’t already, join me in protesting by using the #fixreplies hashtag in a tweet.