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Might be an unpopular opinion, but I actually really like this feature. I'm usually not able to get to everything, so it's great to know when something importan
by ricefield 8y ago
Might be an unpopular opinion, but I actually really like this feature. I'm usually not able to get to everything, so it's great to know when something important or interesting got tweeted and I know to check it out.
That notification was actually what slowly made me an active Twitter user, because they kept surfacing me interesting content and giving me a reason to come back and it became a gateway for me to discover other great content on Twitter
- BartBoch 8y agoThen make it an opt-in. Companies should use the more "opt-in" method. Bundle it under "experimental" or "advanced features" in an easy to use page with a very clear explanation of what each feature does.
- hotpockets 8y agoBut what if most people like it? I have to say I think it makes a lot of sense. If a high number of people I follow like something, you might want to show it to me too.
- ponyous 8y agoIsn't that what the feed is? Now you have 2 feeds...
- hotpockets 8y agoMy bad, I missed that this thread was just on the notifications section.
- ricefield 8y agoThat's kind of the point though - I had no idea this feature existed until they started pushing it to me. I think it's too much to expect users to opt-in to things. How would I have known to opt-in to this? Yet I am now much happier because they improved the UX for me. I think opt-out makes sense though, for users who don't a feature.
- zem 8y agoi can see no way to opt out of it either
- BartBoch 8y agoIf you put it on a single, easily recognizable, easily accessible page (all new features, etc.), then many users will find it. You can even give a notification when a new feature is added (as long as kept to a reasonable amount). Features that will go viral are worth adding for all, features that did not can be kept there.
- naasking 8y agoYou overestimate what people will understand from a technical description in a configuration option. Even if they were experimentally inclined, which most people are not, they probably wouldn't even notice the effect, particularly if not a new user. Twitter is a black box for most users. Twitter very likely did market research on its effectiveness for the target market they were trying to please. Probably that's just not you.
- ryan-c 8y agoSometimes it shows me stuff from users I've blocked, which I find really irritating.
- mirimir 8y agoI don't use Twitter, except to look at tweets that people on HN or whatever link to. And the main reason that I don't is that the idea of "following" just doesn't work for me. I tried it. But even people who sometimes post stuff that interests me mostly post stuff that just gets in my way. I like HN. But I never look at particular users' posts. I just look at the front page, or sometimes at the comments list, so see what people are talking about.
- ed_elliott_asc 8y agoHacker news is pretty well regulated though in that bad comments are voted down now retweeted to more people. I think for it to work people would have to start blocking more and using more mute words. The thing where someone retweets something horrible because they disagree with it is so wrong and is what is being badly gamed.
- mirimir 8y agoYes, that is a bizarre thing about Twitter. And it's a huge part of why I don't like it. It's funny. For all that I support free speech, I don't have the patience to read much of it. So I end up gravitating to well moderated forums.