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I've never really seen tweets from opposing groups promoted to me. As a non-public-figure (AKA, nobody is directly @-ing me or attacking me), Twitter makes it r

I've never really seen tweets from opposing groups promoted to me. As a non-public-figure (AKA, nobody is directly @-ing me or attacking me), Twitter makes it really easy to stay in your own bubble. You follow who you want, and that's it. You might get some suggested tweets, but they're tweets fav'd or followed by people you're following.

SyneRyder 7y ago
There's also the promoted/sponsored tweets, and I think that's what they were hinting at (eg a Chinese news agency promoting their pro-China news stories to Hong Kong Twitter users [1]). But that's very easy to avoid. Get one of the original Twitter clients like Tweetbot (iOS / MacOS) [2] or Fenix (Android) [3] and you'll get a chronological timeline, no promoted ads, mute/keyword filters, and you'll never see other people's likes & replies suggested to you as notifications. It puts you in control and removes the worst parts of Twitter. [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20734808 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20734808 [2] https://tapbots.com/tweetbot/ https://tapbots.com/tweetbot/ [3] https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=it.mvilla.android.fenix2 https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=it.mvilla.andr...
- not_a_cop75 7y ago
  Nothing really puts you in control of twitter, when half the Twittersphere is calling you a moron because you said one thing which is counter to half the population. It doesn't matter how much you ignore them once they put you on the news. You don't even have to be as stupid as the people below to have a negative outcome from Twitter. Just consistently use it to cite your honest moral opinion and I guarantee someone will hunt you down as if you were the worst serial killer. https://pjmedia.com/lifestyle/7-people-whose-lives-were-ruined-by-social-media/ https://pjmedia.com/lifestyle/7-people-whose-lives-were-ruin... https://www.theclever.com/15-tweets-that-have-ruined-peoples-lives/ https://www.theclever.com/15-tweets-that-have-ruined-peoples...
not_a_cop75 7y ago
From someone who's been chased off of twitter, perhaps your opinions are simply mainstream? Or maybe you're just not popular enough to be attacked.

SyneRyder 7y ago

There's also the promoted/sponsored tweets, and I think that's what they were hinting at (eg a Chinese news agency promoting their pro-China news stories to Hong Kong Twitter users [1]). But that's very easy to avoid. Get one of the original Twitter clients like Tweetbot (iOS / MacOS) [2] or Fenix (Android) [3] and you'll get a chronological timeline, no promoted ads, mute/keyword filters, and you'll never see other people's likes & replies suggested to you as notifications. It puts you in control and removes the worst parts of Twitter. [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20734808 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20734808 [2] https://tapbots.com/tweetbot/ https://tapbots.com/tweetbot/ [3] https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=it.mvilla.android.fenix2 https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=it.mvilla.andr...

not_a_cop75 7y ago
Nothing really puts you in control of twitter, when half the Twittersphere is calling you a moron because you said one thing which is counter to half the population. It doesn't matter how much you ignore them once they put you on the news. You don't even have to be as stupid as the people below to have a negative outcome from Twitter. Just consistently use it to cite your honest moral opinion and I guarantee someone will hunt you down as if you were the worst serial killer. https://pjmedia.com/lifestyle/7-people-whose-lives-were-ruined-by-social-media/ https://pjmedia.com/lifestyle/7-people-whose-lives-were-ruin... https://www.theclever.com/15-tweets-that-have-ruined-peoples-lives/ https://www.theclever.com/15-tweets-that-have-ruined-peoples...

not_a_cop75 7y ago

From someone who's been chased off of twitter, perhaps your opinions are simply mainstream? Or maybe you're just not popular enough to be attacked.