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Not being in control of what I see is why I stopped using Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram. I want to control what is in my feed, and I want it in chronological

by fogzen 9y ago

Not being in control of what I see is why I stopped using Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram. I want to control what is in my feed, and I want it in chronological order. Twitter and Facebook make me feel passive and helpless. I use reddit because I’m in control: I only see what I subscribe to, and I can switch between popular and chronological.

skshogun 9y ago
You can still switch between algorithmic and chronological order on Twitter. At least on their mobile website
- fogzen 9y ago
  Are you sure? I have “show best tweets first” turned off and my tweets are not in chronological order after signing in to check right now.
  - skshogun 9y ago
    From time to time, it shows 5 random older tweets on top. But everything else is in chronological order.
    - fogzen 9y ago
      I have tweets out of chronological order 20-30+ tweets down from the top... I’m assuming it’s different for you because you check Twitter often? In either case the feed is most definitely not in chronological order, but determined by an opaque, secret algorithm.
      - skshogun 9y ago
        I check Twitter maybe 5 times a day. "Algo ordered" tweets show if I won't check my feed for two days. I'm from Slovakia so maybe that's the reason - Twitter is testing different features in different countries. In fact, Slovakia has new FB feed for months now.
  - MBCook 9y ago
    Third party apps are my solution to this. They do what I want. I like Tweetbot.
  - jwong_ 9y ago
    I also don't have this option.
jwong_ 9y ago
Reddit's going that way though. I frequently like to browse subreddits in incognito mode. Reddit's now A/B testing a "feature" where they force certain sessions to log in, or else they can't see anything. Profiles are now being transitioned to a social media profile, where it's more like a MySpace page. You can get around it for now (add "/overview" to the end of the URL), but it's default for a lot of users' profiles.

by fogzen 9y ago

skshogun 9y ago

You can still switch between algorithmic and chronological order on Twitter. At least on their mobile website

fogzen 9y ago
Are you sure? I have “show best tweets first” turned off and my tweets are not in chronological order after signing in to check right now.
- skshogun 9y ago
  From time to time, it shows 5 random older tweets on top. But everything else is in chronological order.
  - fogzen 9y ago
    I have tweets out of chronological order 20-30+ tweets down from the top... I’m assuming it’s different for you because you check Twitter often? In either case the feed is most definitely not in chronological order, but determined by an opaque, secret algorithm.
    - skshogun 9y ago
      I check Twitter maybe 5 times a day. "Algo ordered" tweets show if I won't check my feed for two days. I'm from Slovakia so maybe that's the reason - Twitter is testing different features in different countries. In fact, Slovakia has new FB feed for months now.
- MBCook 9y ago
  Third party apps are my solution to this. They do what I want. I like Tweetbot.
- jwong_ 9y ago
  I also don't have this option.

jwong_ 9y ago

Reddit's going that way though. I frequently like to browse subreddits in incognito mode. Reddit's now A/B testing a "feature" where they force certain sessions to log in, or else they can't see anything. Profiles are now being transitioned to a social media profile, where it's more like a MySpace page. You can get around it for now (add "/overview" to the end of the URL), but it's default for a lot of users' profiles.