Twitter working on a new label that is working on ‘Liked by Author’

Twitter is working on a Liked by Author label. When the author of a tweet likes a reply, this label is going to appear. A reporter saw a new label on the Twitter app on Android, and a Twitter spokesperson confirmed that they had been testing different labels to give people more context about the tweets they see. It was not shared with anyone else on Twitter regarding this label in particular.

The Liked by Author label is used in the screenshot that is shared by the author, because it will be marked with a badge that will be visible to both the person who posted the reply and others viewing the tweet.

While Twitter has not confirmed if it is testing this label worldwide, reports say that several countries have spotted this.

This Liked by Author label is similar to the Liked by Creator label that TikTok has. TikTok's label appears when a creator likes a comment left on their video.

This Like by Author label does not add much to the Twitter experience. Many might consider it bothersome, distracting, and redundant, especially if a reply has only one like. Some might welcome it if they want to show that their reply has been liked by a famous user or someone famous. It will work for tweets that have received multiple replies, and the author wants to highlight some of them without having to reply to them.

The Liked by Author label is currently being tested, so it remains to be seen when Twitter rolls it out.