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You must be part of some sort of culture war on Twitter. My experience is completely different. I don't follow people engaging in these battles and I don't post

You must be part of some sort of culture war on Twitter. My experience is completely different. I don't follow people engaging in these battles and I don't post things that would be an engagement. It really is smooth sailing from there. Or, in the words of Steve Jobs: "You're holding it wrong." I use the "like" button for bookmarking interesting things. It would be unfortunate if I had to lose that because people on the "other side" of Twitter can't handle that responsibility.

hugg 8y ago
As others already have mentioned, there are actual bookmarks in Twitter, that is not the "like" button (click the share button in the Android app, for example)
- zeroname 8y ago
  Maybe, but that feature is pretty new and it doesn't even show up on the Desktop site. I've never even heard of it until now. I've been using the "like" Button for bookmarks since forever. Those are my bookmarks.
  - danso 8y ago
    I don't blame you. Bookmarks is about as buried as lists are, but at least lists show up as an option on desktop mode.
  - lorenzhs 8y ago
    You can access your bookmarks on the desktop by going to http://mobile.twitter.com/i/bookmarks http://mobile.twitter.com/i/bookmarks, but it really doesn't make sense to me that they're not integrated into the non-mobile page. I often bookmark things because I want to read them a) later or b) on a bigger screen. Currently, only the first use case is supported by Twitter.
- ahakki 8y ago
  In the past the Twitter “Like” feature had a star instad of a heart and was called “favorite”
radmuzom 8y ago
Upvoted - not sure why a perfectly reasonable comment is greyed out. My experience is same as yours - I only follow data scientists and data visualization specialists and my experience is absolutely brilliant. I also discovered some really great technical posts on R using Twitter.
- zeroname 8y ago
  > Upvoted - not sure why a perfectly reasonable comment is greyed out It might be the hint that maybe sometimes people are at least somewhat responsible for their problems.
  - zeroname 8y ago
    New Rule: If you don't want the "like" button on Twitter, you're not allowed to press the "downvote" button on HN.
- Retra 8y ago
  Your personally sculpted use-patterns aren't really relevant to any of the problems that the platform causes within society. Twitter users still vote.
  - zeroname 8y ago
    "The data clearly shows that cancer causes smoking!"
Mediterraneo10 8y ago
"You must be part of some sort of culture war on Twitter." Everything can become a culture war on Twitter. I follow a somewhat abstract modernist composer’s Twitter, which so far has been entirely about music and performance dates, and now it is up in flames because someone has decided to drag this artist into MeToo movement polemics. It has also been pointed out that a lot of discussion forums for the arts and literature are pretty quiet these days compared to years past, and activity is only boosted when someone posts something politically provocative. We live in an unhealthy society where people are looking for a fight, and that desire might outweigh their interest in talking about anything besides politics.
- RodericDay 8y ago
  > someone has decided to drag this artist into MeToo movement polemics curious lack of detail. sounds like an euphemism for "accused them of sexual harassment" or "accused them of supporting a sexual harasser".
- nopriorarrests 8y ago
  To quote something attributed to Leon Trotsky, "You may not be interested in culture war, but culture war is interested in you"
- zeroname 8y ago
  > Everything can become a culture war on Twitter. I follow a somewhat abstract modernist composer’s Twitter, which so far has been entirely about music and performance dates, and now it is up in flames because someone has decided to drag this artist into MeToo movement polemics. Then unfollow the guy. Seriously, it's that simple. You have the power to curate your own experience, that's my point. > It has also been pointed out that a lot of discussion forums for the arts and literature are pretty quiet these days compared to years past, and activity is only boosted when someone posts something politically provocative. Unfollow I can't tell you how to cure your favorite subcultures of their bullshit, I'm telling you how to have a pleasant experience on Twitter. If that means your Twitter timeline becomes emptied, you'll have to find new people to follow. > We live in an unhealthy society where people are looking for a fight, and that desire might outweigh their interest in talking about anything besides politics. No, that's actually just what your slice of "society" is like. Mine isn't like that, because I curate it not to be like that.

hugg 8y ago

As others already have mentioned, there are actual bookmarks in Twitter, that is not the "like" button (click the share button in the Android app, for example)

zeroname 8y ago
Maybe, but that feature is pretty new and it doesn't even show up on the Desktop site. I've never even heard of it until now. I've been using the "like" Button for bookmarks since forever. Those are my bookmarks.
- danso 8y ago
  I don't blame you. Bookmarks is about as buried as lists are, but at least lists show up as an option on desktop mode.
- lorenzhs 8y ago
  You can access your bookmarks on the desktop by going to http://mobile.twitter.com/i/bookmarks http://mobile.twitter.com/i/bookmarks, but it really doesn't make sense to me that they're not integrated into the non-mobile page. I often bookmark things because I want to read them a) later or b) on a bigger screen. Currently, only the first use case is supported by Twitter.
ahakki 8y ago
In the past the Twitter “Like” feature had a star instad of a heart and was called “favorite”

radmuzom 8y ago

Upvoted - not sure why a perfectly reasonable comment is greyed out. My experience is same as yours - I only follow data scientists and data visualization specialists and my experience is absolutely brilliant. I also discovered some really great technical posts on R using Twitter.

zeroname 8y ago
> Upvoted - not sure why a perfectly reasonable comment is greyed out It might be the hint that maybe sometimes people are at least somewhat responsible for their problems.
- zeroname 8y ago
  New Rule: If you don't want the "like" button on Twitter, you're not allowed to press the "downvote" button on HN.
Retra 8y ago
Your personally sculpted use-patterns aren't really relevant to any of the problems that the platform causes within society. Twitter users still vote.
- zeroname 8y ago
  "The data clearly shows that cancer causes smoking!"

Mediterraneo10 8y ago

"You must be part of some sort of culture war on Twitter." Everything can become a culture war on Twitter. I follow a somewhat abstract modernist composer’s Twitter, which so far has been entirely about music and performance dates, and now it is up in flames because someone has decided to drag this artist into MeToo movement polemics. It has also been pointed out that a lot of discussion forums for the arts and literature are pretty quiet these days compared to years past, and activity is only boosted when someone posts something politically provocative. We live in an unhealthy society where people are looking for a fight, and that desire might outweigh their interest in talking about anything besides politics.

RodericDay 8y ago
> someone has decided to drag this artist into MeToo movement polemics curious lack of detail. sounds like an euphemism for "accused them of sexual harassment" or "accused them of supporting a sexual harasser".
nopriorarrests 8y ago
To quote something attributed to Leon Trotsky, "You may not be interested in culture war, but culture war is interested in you"
zeroname 8y ago
> Everything can become a culture war on Twitter. I follow a somewhat abstract modernist composer’s Twitter, which so far has been entirely about music and performance dates, and now it is up in flames because someone has decided to drag this artist into MeToo movement polemics. Then unfollow the guy. Seriously, it's that simple. You have the power to curate your own experience, that's my point. > It has also been pointed out that a lot of discussion forums for the arts and literature are pretty quiet these days compared to years past, and activity is only boosted when someone posts something politically provocative. Unfollow I can't tell you how to cure your favorite subcultures of their bullshit, I'm telling you how to have a pleasant experience on Twitter. If that means your Twitter timeline becomes emptied, you'll have to find new people to follow. > We live in an unhealthy society where people are looking for a fight, and that desire might outweigh their interest in talking about anything besides politics. No, that's actually just what your slice of "society" is like. Mine isn't like that, because I curate it not to be like that.