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I finally got Twitter after years of not getting it

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Re: I finally got Twitter after years of not getting it

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Post by code_duck »

meowface wrote: post #151
code_duck wrote: post #119

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Not sure whether you’re on desktop or mobile, but I only get “More Tweets” on the mobile website if I’m not signed in. Otherwise it’s as you describe, only replies.

That's funny because it's the exact opposite for me. I'm on desktop and I see it only when logged in. When not logged in, I only see replies.

I have made more observations and it seems to have to do with how you arrived at the post. If I click on it from browsing my timeline, it does not show “more tweets“. If I click through to it from a link somewhere external, such as a link in an article, it does. I’m sure that somewhere there is a thorough analysis of this.

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Post by EricE »

soneca wrote: post #44

A more informative title could be ”I finally got how to win on Twitter” , because that’s what this person wanted. They wanted to “win”. That’s not what I want. I “got” Twitter from my first time using it. I wanted to follow a mix of diverse people around topics that interested me and be informed on new and old things about these topics. And I never minded reading personal stuff from those people. I actually enjoyed t…

No kidding - I wonder how many of those accounts he interacts with are just bots :p

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Post by EricE »

xigoi wrote: post #205
madeofpalk wrote: post #128

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The best I've had is being suspended for a 7 year old "kill all boomers" tweet :(

Would you mind if someone was suspended for tweeting “kill all black people”?

Humourless people like you are why we can't have nice things :( Talk about taking things out of context to the extreme!

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Post by xigoi »

EricE wrote: post #224
xigoi wrote: post #205

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Would you mind if someone was suspended for tweeting “kill all black people”?

Humourless people like you are why we can't have nice things :( Talk about taking things out of context to the extreme!

I'm all for humor, but you shouldn't be hypocritical. Personally I wouldn't be offended by either if it was funny, but being offended only if it's against a group you like is not cool.

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Post by amatecha »

lapcat wrote: post #212
amatecha wrote: post #188

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Not to mention that you can no longer view more than a couple tweets of a given user without having the experience blocked with a "sign in!" modal covering the screen, preventing further use of the platform. This change alone has made the platform less accessible than ever.

[self-promotion] My browser extension for iOS and macOS can stop this and allow you to browse Twitter while logged out: https://underpassapp.com/tweaks/

Sweeet. I am a frequent favorite-r of your rants on Twitter about related subjects, haha :)

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Post by simonebrunozzi »

zaphar wrote: post #7

I've been using Twitter since it was invite only. I'm not a Twitter personality, I don't have impressive follow counts or viral tweets. I do tweet but mostly only so I can interact with my feed. I've left every other social network. No longer on Facebook. No interest in Instagram or TikTok. But Twitter I've continued to get value from. This is entirely because I'm able to curate my feed. My rules for twitter engageme…

What's your @ ?

In my case it's @simon, and one of my problems is that I get a TON of unwanted mentions. No idea how to solve it, after lots of thinking over the years.

Re: I finally got Twitter after years of not getting it

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Post by zaphar »

simonebrunozzi wrote: post #227
zaphar wrote: post #7

I've been using Twitter since it was invite only. I'm not a Twitter personality, I don't have impressive follow counts or viral tweets. I do tweet but mostly only so I can interact with my feed. I've left every other social network. No longer on Facebook. No interest in Instagram or TikTok. But Twitter I've continued to get value from. This is entirely because I'm able to curate my feed. My rules for twitter engageme…

What's your @ ? In my case it's @simon, and one of my problems is that I get a TON of unwanted mentions. No idea how to solve it, after lots of thinking over the years.

You can see my @ in my HN profile.
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