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Twitter makes it harder to choose the old reverse-chronological feed

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Re: Twitter makes it harder to choose the old reverse-chronological feed

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Post by DavideNL »

lucumo wrote: post #100

Ffs. The availability of the chronological timeline is the only reason why Twitter still works for me and Facebook and LinkedIn don't. I keep seeing the same shit on the latter two, despite extensive attempts to train the recommender engine. Facebook just keeps showing me the same posts over and over again. LinkedIn shows different posts, but they are all so cookie cutter similar that they might as well have been the…

> chronological timeline

Just use one of the 3th party twitter clients… problem solved.

I use “Aviary - for Twitter” on iOS which has no subscription, unlike Tweetbot.

Re: Twitter makes it harder to choose the old reverse-chronological feed

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Post by zeepzeep »

ricardobeat wrote: post #160
zeepzeep wrote: post #72

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You guys really need to get your twitter feed in order. You realize that they have an option to only show latest tweets of people you follow? Then it's just about unfollowing all crypto spammers and you're good. While my feed isn't free of undesired content, it's far better than any other platform I use, including HN (because the good bits from HN get shared on Twitter).

You are commenting on a post that is about Twitter removing the option to see latest tweets by default… Also, the chronological timeline is not ideal once you follow > 100 profiles. One of the issues at hand here is that they removed the “missed” section and replaced with the algorithmic feed. There is no way to catch up with only the most interesting tweets from people you follow, other than scrolling through all of…

I'm following over 100 and I do not have a hard time, just scroll up from where you left off last time

> other than scrolling through all of it.

What do you want? Do you want all latest tweets, or do you want AI to generate a list of good ones?

Re: Twitter makes it harder to choose the old reverse-chronological feed

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Post by ricardobeat »

zeepzeep wrote: post #232
ricardobeat wrote: post #160

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You are commenting on a post that is about Twitter removing the option to see latest tweets by default… Also, the chronological timeline is not ideal once you follow > 100 profiles. One of the issues at hand here is that they removed the “missed” section and replaced with the algorithmic feed. There is no way to catch up with only the most interesting tweets from people you follow, other than scrolling through all of…

I'm following over 100 and I do not have a hard time, just scroll up from where you left off last time > other than scrolling through all of it. What do you want? Do you want all latest tweets, or do you want AI to generate a list of good ones?

I guess it depends on how prolific your feed is. I don't have 40 minutes to review the entire timeline every day.

AI is not inherently evil. Yes, I want to see the most relevant / controversial / liked tweets by people I follow. Most of that doesn't need any complex algorithm in the first place.

What I don't want to see are bubble-inducing "recommended" tweets, or tweets liked by someone I follow (isn't that what retweets are for?), or "topics", or "people you should follow". If I wanted an AI-curated feed I'd just go to facebook or read the news.

Re: Twitter makes it harder to choose the old reverse-chronological feed

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Post by Handytinge »

oblio wrote: post #98
spike021 wrote: post #58

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Don't forget IKEA. I went the other day just to look at a dining table. It was only in the 3rd or 4th showroom. Of course, to get out I had to wander through the majority of like 13 or 14 other showrooms because you pretty much can only take the linear path to get to an exit.

Besides the shortcuts mentioned by the sibling comment, you can also just go from the exit (yes, you can enter through the exit), straight to the warehouse. You need to know the name of what you're looking for and then use their kiosks to find where the thing is in the warehouse and just pick it up directly. This trick turns 1 hour trips through Ikea into 5 minute trips.

I'd imagine anyone concerned about efficiancy at Ikea would just order online.

The value proposition of the long Ikea walks is the set up rooms showing how the products look in use, allowing you to visualise before you buy. I take a friend and a coffee and take my time at Ikea.

Re: Twitter makes it harder to choose the old reverse-chronological feed

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Post by Handytinge »

rrradical wrote: post #50
raverbashing wrote: post #42

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I wonder how much of this is an urban legend There's a reason why refrigerated items are usually at the back: fridges usually face a wall. You can have a shelf at the back sometimes but that's not always possible Also, for those quick purchases you can always go to somewhere closer, a gas station, etc. In fact in Europe some places do have the quick purchases right in front of the store so you don't need to go around…

Nah, I saw this on my last shopping trip to a mega grocery. Bought basically all the items on my list on the right side of the store (produce, other food stuffs) and then had to walk past a half dozen aisles filled with random crap (non food) to get eggs from the dairy section.

Conversely at my local supermarket (major chain), the milk, meat, fruit and veg are all near the front of the store and easily accessible.

Also, why would your eggs be in the dairy section?

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