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I'm glad to see that Twitter is responding to what users want and need, and acknowledging that there's no easy answers here. Any sort of blocking solution is h
by revx 10y ago
I'm glad to see that Twitter is responding to what users want and need, and acknowledging that there's no easy answers here.
Any sort of blocking solution is hard, I think akin to Facebook's "fake news" problem. There's no easy way to determine what news is "fake" or not. But giving people tools that they can use to manage their own space in their own way is an important step forward.
I hope that this will encourage more people to speak out on twitter about injustice and abuse, since it gives them some ability to shield themselves from any backlash.
- slouch 10y agoFacebook has un-follow and see less from tony. Twitter is just launching mute, which is similar to un-follow. I'd like both services to offer "don't show me links from tony" because that's really what I want when I choose "see less from."
- james_pm 10y agoI've been clicking "hide all from xyz" on article shares for a few years now and almost have all the most popular link sources covered. A blanket setting to mute article shares from some or all of my friends would be most helpful. But something tells me that these article shares are a big part of FB's engagement strategy.
- slouch 10y agoNow that I've thought about it, Twitter also has "turn of retweets from Tony" which is almost turning off link shares. > for a few years now Each time I see that option, I think how crazy I could get blacklisting every FB under the sun. It sounds like you've tried!