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Or maybe you just have to go to a pool in a better neighborhood? After all on Twitter you can choose from whom you're getting status updates, can't you?
by 6d6b73 11y ago
Or maybe you just have to go to a pool in a better neighborhood? After all on Twitter you can choose from whom you're getting status updates, can't you?
- fideloper 11y ago1. You can't choose your followers, nor stop them from @mentioning you. 2. That statement is awfully close to (if not outright) victim blaming.
- doktrin 11y ago> You can't choose your followers Can't you? I thought protected feeds were a thing (wherein subscribers would need the account holder's permission to follow / view their tweets)?
- ryanlol 11y agoThey are.
- fideloper 11y agoYou're (willfully?) ignoring the implication of a private feed: lack of discoverability (finding new followers), for those of us who use Twitter as a source of promotion for our side projects/businesses/careers.
- doktrin 11y ago> You're (willfully?) ignoring the implication of a private feed Egads! You saw through my duplicitous scheme! Alternatively, I was simply pointing out that this is - in fact - a feature. To your point, I'm not sure how you could both have audience selection and discoverability. How do you plan to both self-promote and cherry pick your viewers?
- thomyorkie 11y agoCould have a semi-private feed, where viewing is open but commenting is somewhat restricted.
- thomyorkie 11y agoCould have a semi-private feed, where viewing is open but commenting is somewhat restricted.
- johneth 11y agoIt's probably the notifications and @ing that's bothering him.
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- bcraven 11y agoI'd suggest that perhaps fishing out the turds, as Stephen's analogy would likely have it, is not a good solution.
- dagurp 11y agoI bet he was too busy going through replies and direct messages to look at status updates
- Karunamon 11y agoNot since Twitter has chosen to start "shadowbanning" users. When this happens, you can explicitly follow someone, but you will not see their messages in your timeline. Unfollowing/refollowing the user seems to clear it at least for a time, but you have to be really paying attention to even notice that it happens. I'm going to guess that it takes the form of a "silent" unfollow on their backend. And on a more opinionated note: No prizes for guessing the political leanings of those this happens to.
- mmel 11y agoMonarchists?
- norea-armozel 11y agoTwitter is far more open than that. It's probably the only thing I liked about Google+ vs Twitter or Tumblr. You can choose to block certain people and limit your posts to certain circles or to just one person, thus it never shows up in the public feed. It's sad no one else replicated that aspect of Google+ or that it took off. It really designed better in terms of how content was dispersed from your account POV.
- equalsione 11y agoA post the author of ggautoblocker on what is missing from twitter when it comes to dealing with trolls etc: https://medium.com/@randileeharper/putting-out-the-twitter-trashfire-3ac6cb1af3e#.gzqv4iktz https://medium.com/@randileeharper/putting-out-the-twitter-t...
- FireBeyond 11y agoThis was actually a useful post, moreso than I expected. But in it, you can see shades of Randi's personality: "That is dumb and you are dumb for suggesting it" gives me memories of her latest encounter with FreeBSD, in which she tells people they "fucking suck" (this is someone who claims to run an online harassment organization), changed her Twitter name to "Kill All Men", posted pictures of her drinking from a mug with the words "Male Tears" on it, etc. But yes, many of these suggestions would go a long way to helping people manage their Twitter experience the way they want, which is a good thing.