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The ordering is the primary reason I stopped using Facebook and started to use Twitter. I understand they need to change things up but I really like reading eve

The ordering is the primary reason I stopped using Facebook and started to use Twitter. I understand they need to change things up but I really like reading everything in order. Once I'm done scrolling through the content I'm done. I don't miss things.

glibgil 11y ago
> Once I'm done scrolling through the content I'm done. I don't miss things. Twitter wants you to feel like you are never done and that you are missing things.
- post_break 11y ago
  That's how I feel twitter operates now though. If you don't keep scrolling until you reached something stale you'll miss something. Start following a handful of power users and you'll start taking twitter breaks like smoke breaks.
  - Ras_ 11y ago
    Indeed. Once you go past certain amount of followed you end up inventing some rules for new ones. Like not too many tweets per day, especially if there's more RTs than OC. Twitter is like a garden with weeds. Constant need of pruning. Facebook just hides most that you don't commit to every now and then. Twitter has also a bit too much automation and anonymity. But some of the parody accounts are gems.
eli 11y ago
My guess is the twitter users who read every tweet in their feed are a small minority.
- janvdberg 11y ago
  I am one of them. But keeping your timeline manageable takes trimming (much like RSS). But maybe that is too much work for some people. Facebook (they make a selection) and Snapchat (it disappears) take care of that (but I don't want them to).
- baddox 11y ago
  I appreciate the "While You Were Out" section at the top of my Twitter feed, but I'd still prefer the main timeline to be strictly chronological.
  - DougWebb 11y ago
    I hate the fact that no matter how many times I click the "I don't like this" button after closing "While you were out", it keeps coming back.
    - baddox 11y ago
      I haven't noticed that, but I can certainly see that being annoying. I mostly use Tweetbot on my iPhone, but occasionally log in on my desktop PC which where I see the While You Were Out.
    - prawn 11y ago
      Surely that is killing good will with established users? I have seen that a dozen times and cancelled it, then voted No, I didn't like it. Still comes back again and again.

glibgil 11y ago

> Once I'm done scrolling through the content I'm done. I don't miss things. Twitter wants you to feel like you are never done and that you are missing things.

post_break 11y ago
That's how I feel twitter operates now though. If you don't keep scrolling until you reached something stale you'll miss something. Start following a handful of power users and you'll start taking twitter breaks like smoke breaks.
- Ras_ 11y ago
  Indeed. Once you go past certain amount of followed you end up inventing some rules for new ones. Like not too many tweets per day, especially if there's more RTs than OC. Twitter is like a garden with weeds. Constant need of pruning. Facebook just hides most that you don't commit to every now and then. Twitter has also a bit too much automation and anonymity. But some of the parody accounts are gems.

eli 11y ago

My guess is the twitter users who read every tweet in their feed are a small minority.

janvdberg 11y ago
I am one of them. But keeping your timeline manageable takes trimming (much like RSS). But maybe that is too much work for some people. Facebook (they make a selection) and Snapchat (it disappears) take care of that (but I don't want them to).
baddox 11y ago
I appreciate the "While You Were Out" section at the top of my Twitter feed, but I'd still prefer the main timeline to be strictly chronological.
- DougWebb 11y ago
  I hate the fact that no matter how many times I click the "I don't like this" button after closing "While you were out", it keeps coming back.
  - baddox 11y ago
    I haven't noticed that, but I can certainly see that being annoying. I mostly use Tweetbot on my iPhone, but occasionally log in on my desktop PC which where I see the While You Were Out.
  - prawn 11y ago
    Surely that is killing good will with established users? I have seen that a dozen times and cancelled it, then voted No, I didn't like it. Still comes back again and again.