Twitter’s latest feature spills the beans on your account details

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00:00Twitter's latest feature spills the beans on your account details.

00:04X now wants to fill your timeline with personal facts about users.

00:08A new About This Account feature gives users profile transparency details.

00:13Tapping your joined date reveals a background check style account summary.

00:17The feature shows your account's location, name changes, join date, and download source.

00:22X says the feature helps combat bots posing as real users.

00:26Because fake accounts struggle to hide suspicious details under this transparency.

00:31X's head of product, Nikita Beer, teased the feature in October, previewing profiles on X.

00:37Then last weekend, when a user asked Elon Musk to make location info visible on profiles,

00:42Beer replied with what can only be described as peak Silicon Valley confidence.

00:47Give me 72 hours.

00:49And honestly, he wasn't bluffing.

00:51Within days, users spotted the feature on their profiles, like a rare Pokemon.

00:57The catch.

00:58For now, most can see only their own account details, not others.

01:02According to TechCrunch, that's intentional to let people double-check info before mass exposure.

01:07Users can choose specificity, showing exact country or a broader region like North America instead of USA.

01:13Originally for riskier countries, but apparently even Americans get the option to stay vague.

01:18Freedom of speech, plus freedom of being blurry.

01:22Code detectives found X may add a VPN detector that warns your region may not be accurate if you're masking location.

01:29Sub-tweeting, but make it system-generated.

01:31X didn't officially comment, but Beer joked about sightings and the usual product launch chaos.

01:37This isn't new territory.

01:38Instagram has had similar transparency info for years.

01:41But this is X, so expect more drama, more paranoia, and a stronger The Algorithm is Watching You vibe.