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slightly off topic, but had no idea you could hide replies to your tweet on twitter. It's amazing how many inconvenient counterpoints (and trolls) we can now b
by avh02 7y ago
slightly off topic, but had no idea you could hide replies to your tweet on twitter.
It's amazing how many inconvenient counterpoints (and trolls) we can now bury under an extra layer (the view hidden tweets button) because we don't like what they have to say on a public forum.
- swyx 7y agobury? or highlight? it’s like Twitter PMs have never heard of the Streisand effect.
- brosinante 7y agoIs a tweet a public forum, or someone's back yard? I can kick people off of my back yard if I feel like it.
- avh02 7y agothat's a fair question. I'd say the way it's been used so far (unless you have a private account) that it's a public forum. If you want your backyard-privacy treatment then turn down your megaphone and make your profile private.
- tempsy 7y agoIt’s a laughably poorly implemented feature that has the opposite effect of burying responses. It’s the Streisand effect at scale. Honestly kind of hilarious.