in the last few weeks my twitter feed is no longer showing content that's relevant even from the same accounts that I followed. it's almost unusable. has anyone else ran into a similar issue?
Ask HN: Has your Twitter feed gotten worse?
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Re: Ask HN: Has your Twitter feed gotten worse?
#2There’s been more irrelevant crap in my “for you” tab. Notably me and a few other people ended up seeing a bunch of straight up porn in our feeds, but that was a few months back. I stopped paying attention Twitter.
Re: Ask HN: Has your Twitter feed gotten worse?
#3Yes. Over the last few months I've noticed increasingly political content from accounts I do not and would not follow. My feed used to be mostly upbeat, a mix of technical posts, lighthearted humor, and the occasional news story. News on my feed came from real people, not news accounts, as I've blocked just about every corporation on the app.
What I've noticed lately is more fringe personalities coming up on my feed, and several times I went into the replies just to see if anyone I followed was interacting with the post. Many times, the tweet was recommended just because Elon Musk replied to it. I used to follow him so it makes sense, but I am confused for two reasons: one, this happened far less in the past, and two, Twitter used to IDENTIFY why a tweet showed up in my timeline with a label (ex: "Elon musk replied to this") but those labels do not show up anymore.
Twitter used to be a place for real people and real news. It's becoming more and more of an echo chamber every day.
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#4I'm using "Following" feed and it works as usual - showing tweets from people I follow in chronological order.
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#5You’re still on Twitter?
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#6Nope, much better recommendations than couple of months ago
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#7You’re still on Twitter?
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#8Interesting observation: I deleted my Twitter account, but created one again recently. Turns out, I was better off without it, so I only login a few times a month to see content from a few people I get a lot of value from. All it shows me in the recommended section is right-wing accounts?? The only accounts I look at are pretty darn far from anything political. My guess is that pushing political stuff drives up view numbers? Not completely sure.
I’ll probably delete it for good soon. It was a lot easier to separate myself from the platform than I thought.
Re: Ask HN: Has your Twitter feed gotten worse?
#9My twitter feed really hasn't changed in the past year. I lost a few people I followed as they fled in advance of Elon, but otherwise nothing really has changed. I curate my feed carefully, and never let the algorithm pick for me.
Re: Ask HN: Has your Twitter feed gotten worse?
#10No I dont think so. The For You and Following tabs work well for me. I didnt get bent out of shape over Elon though