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Post by drngdds »

uncle_j wrote: post #78
thebigshane wrote: post #56

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It sounds like the common reply regarding Reddit quality and toxicity as well. Don't visit the front pages, stay in the curated sub-reddits. I think it is good advice but the low-quality and the toxicity of the front/main pages still inevitably ends up bleeding into the smaller channels. And the fault is still on Reddit/Twitter themselves because they aren't/can't ever de-emphasize those main top-level channels, as t…

Toxicity seems to be a code word for "the plebs are saying things that I don't approve of".

Nah, it means "people being mean and awful, by a reasonable person's standards." Obviously this is somewhat subjective, but abstracting it into "things I don't approve of" misses the point.

Re: List of Twitter mute words for your timeline

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Post by amiga_500 »

siegecraft wrote: post #85
ilikehurdles wrote: post #66

I don't use twitter and I don't really know what this is, but it's at the top of the hn. I mean, I obviously know what twitter is and have read tweets, but otherwise this is kind of foreign. Can someone explain what these are used for?

Twitter (unintentionally, I'm sure) built an adblocker into their app

I don't think this will block adds, based on the keywords.

I would love to block all twitter commercial adverts. Presently I block them on sight and now get only adverts from small companies.

Re: List of Twitter mute words for your timeline

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Post by nemof »

honestly i dont know why more people dont use tweetdeck. i have my timeline, it's not controlled by an algorithm, it's always chronological, i'm not constantly being suggested stuff, i can split out topics into columns that i'm interested in, i can filter the columns to show exactly what i want.

also can i suggest that filter:follows is super useful if you want to search a term exclusively among your follow list.

Re: List of Twitter mute words for your timeline

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Post by wpietri »

zapzupnz wrote: post #113
Simon_says wrote: post #105

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It’s the top of HN.

There’s no revolver held to your temples forcing you to post on every front page item.

Are you sure? That could explain a significant number of comments here.

Re: List of Twitter mute words for your timeline

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Post by a1369209993 »

p49k wrote: post #106
Simon_says wrote: post #105

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It’s the top of HN.

There is a “hide” button made specifically for your situation.

https://news.ycombinator.com/hide?id=22141903&goto=news:

> You have to be logged in to hide.

Re: List of Twitter mute words for your timeline

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Post by wpietri »

agersant wrote: post #109
hesk wrote: post #90

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The official way is to switch from Home to Latest Tweets. It works quite well, actually.

It automatically reverts to home every few days (at least using the official Android app).

Same for web and iOS. To my amazement, not only is this something that Twitter did on purpose (3 times, once for each client), but their designers have defended it vigorously. Because metrics obviously are more important than users saying what they want.
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