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I gave twitter another show about ~6 months ago. I enjoyed some feeds, most just felt like "fadspam" where people echoed popular opinion - particularly in tech.
by ben_jones 9y ago
I gave twitter another show about ~6 months ago. I enjoyed some feeds, most just felt like "fadspam" where people echoed popular opinion - particularly in tech. I really hated that as a new user I was immediately recommended to follow Trump. I get that algorithmically he's probably seen as a great person to follow, but I really, really, really, had no interest in doing so.
But Twitter derives business value from recommending people follow Trump on their platform, so they'll keep doing that. Strikes me as selling out - would've preferred they not recommend any political leaders.
- ghostbrainalpha 9y agoTwitter is ALL ABOUT who you follow. I hated it for years, until a popular post here on HN a couple months ago. A user compiled an absolute SUPER LIST of the best people to follow, and now my feed is full of really interesting information, diverse viewpoints, and stuff I wouldn't find anywhere else. This one account was kind of the tipping point for me, finding GOOD TWITTER https://twitter.com/humanprogress https://twitter.com/humanprogress
- vermontdevil 9y agoWhere is this list?
- ghostbrainalpha 9y agohttps://twitter.com/mxschumacher/following https://twitter.com/mxschumacher/following Another great one from that list is @FermatsLibrary
- noir_lord 9y agoMy rule is never following more than 60. If I hit 60 it's one in one out and I have to think about which one to drop, that way I keep a feed that updates relatively slowly, is useful and full of content I actually am interested in. If you follow too many you loose far too much wheat in the chaff.