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- create a private list - instead of following people, add people to the list Bam. No ads, no suggestions, no "x liked this", reverse chronological order with

by WA 7y ago

- create a private list - instead of following people, add people to the list Bam. No ads, no suggestions, no "x liked this", reverse chronological order with no missing posts.

TacoToni 7y ago
Interesting - i think i read that @Naval does the same thing.
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ianbicking 7y ago
Is there any fast way to populate a list with everyone you are already following?
- krausefx 7y ago
  I wrote an open source script for this a while ago, it's annoying to run due to Twitter API limits https://github.com/KrauseFx/twitter-unfollow https://github.com/KrauseFx/twitter-unfollow
  - jdeibele 7y ago
    Thank you for writing that and mentioning it. I used it 3x without regenerating credentials the last two times. When Twitter stopped processing, I just waited 15 minutes and ran it again. Now you're my one follow. :-)
- jessriedel 7y ago
  I believe you can batch add the people you follow to a list using this Chrome extension https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/icotile-twitter-friends-a/keheepbhdmkajbopbnjfbjmiahjaiaim?hl=en https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/icotile-twitter-fr... In particular, there is a "select all" button. It may break if you have too many people, though.
- Tomte 7y ago
  I just did that. When it came to choosing accounts for the list, Twitter presented those I follow and I could choose them with one click each. I don't know if it works with many follow-ees(?), I have only a few.
hanniabu 7y ago
I think you can also get around this same stuff by just creating a tweetdeck and creating a column for people you follow.
Grue3 7y ago
Except the list doesn't show more than 200 tweets (unless there's some trick to avoid this). If there's a sudden spike of activity, or you check it only once a week, it's easy to miss something important.
- deleted 7y ago
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- Simon_says 7y ago
  LOL. I block Twitter at the DNS level. I’ve never missed something important.
  - penagwin 7y ago
    Then this entire thread is irrelevant to you. Why are you here?
    - Simon_says 7y ago
      It’s the top of HN.
      - p49k 7y ago
        There is a “hide” button made specifically for your situation.
        a1369209993 7y ago
        https://news.ycombinator.com/hide?id=22141903&goto=news https://news.ycombinator.com/hide?id=22141903&goto=news: > You have to be logged in to hide.
        Sohcahtoa82 7y ago
        You also have to be logged in to comment. Simon_says decided to comment rather than hide.
josefresco 7y ago
Lists are a pain to access IMHO on purpose although they've improved it slightly. Open App Press on avatar Press Lists Press desired list. vs. Open app Now on desktop, using bookmarks, or a client like TweetDeck this is a valid solution.
- frandroid 7y ago
  Yeah, I would love to be able to have a list shortcut on my phone's homescreen.
  - sbtrct 7y ago
    That sounds like something you could build in Apple’s Shortcuts app (assuming you’re on iOS).
    - frandroid 7y ago
      I'm on Android but I see where you're getting at here, thanks for the idea.
- brandur 7y ago
  This has improved quite a bit on recent versions of the official mobile clients. If you go to your lists, you can "pin" a list, which has the effect of making it an alternate timeline from the app's home screen. It's a little subtle, but on home you'll now have "Home" and your list's name at the top of the screen, with the active one getting a blue underline. Swipe left or right to select one or the other.
  - fireattack 7y ago
    You can't do it on Android version even today, almost 1 year after they added this feature on iOS version.
- soohyung 7y ago
  I think they couldn't care less about lists. They are super annoying to access and ever since the last update which brought the mobile layout to desktop you can't even create a new list from the "add to list" screen anymore. Sadly the entire update still feels half-baked and not thought-through and given that it's been months I don't feel too optimistic. There's so many small things that worked fine before and are just missing completely or broken now. It's a shame because I've been using Twitter for a decade but it's hardly useable now.
hesk 7y ago
Unfortunately, you cannot turn off retweets in lists, at least on the Twitter website or iOS app. I disable retweets for most of the people I follow. Fortunately, in Tweetdeck you can filter retweets for each list individually.
bradleyankrom 7y ago
Similar to what I do (lists are public, not private). One recent change has annoyed me, though - won’t let me view my public lists unless I am logged in.
danols 7y ago
Every time Twitter comes up on HN people complain about missing reverse chronological order and hating on the liked by tweets feature. The old classic mode is one click away. Or am I in a weird long running A/B testing group still having access to this feature? I know the default mode is not what most people here like but is it really that hard to switch the display mode?
- dmd 7y ago
  It's not hard at all, it's just not permanent. After about 3-4 days twitter "helpfully" sets one back to the order they want you to see.
  - driverdan 7y ago
    It's at least a few weeks before it reverts for me.
- anonymoushn 7y ago
  Twitter regularly switches you back to garbage mode without telling you, and you have to mute all the words in this submission to make classic mode work. muting all these words does nothing if you are in garbage mode.
  - drdeca 7y ago
    On my intentionally not updated install of iOS twitter, it doesn’t have the garbage mode (still has some inserted garbage, but is otherwise chronological)
  - goodmachine 7y ago
    > Twitter regularly switches you back to garbage mode Right. The other problem is that garbage mode is two-way. I don't want to see other people's likes etc, and I don't want to have my own garbage jammed into anyone else's feed either. Short of going private there's no fix for this.
  - maxerickson 7y ago

by WA 7y ago

- create a private list - instead of following people, add people to the list Bam. No ads, no suggestions, no "x liked this", reverse chronological order with no missing posts.

TacoToni 7y ago

Interesting - i think i read that @Naval does the same thing.

deleted 7y ago

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ianbicking 7y ago

Is there any fast way to populate a list with everyone you are already following?

krausefx 7y ago
I wrote an open source script for this a while ago, it's annoying to run due to Twitter API limits https://github.com/KrauseFx/twitter-unfollow https://github.com/KrauseFx/twitter-unfollow
- jdeibele 7y ago
  Thank you for writing that and mentioning it. I used it 3x without regenerating credentials the last two times. When Twitter stopped processing, I just waited 15 minutes and ran it again. Now you're my one follow. :-)
jessriedel 7y ago
I believe you can batch add the people you follow to a list using this Chrome extension https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/icotile-twitter-friends-a/keheepbhdmkajbopbnjfbjmiahjaiaim?hl=en https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/icotile-twitter-fr... In particular, there is a "select all" button. It may break if you have too many people, though.
Tomte 7y ago
I just did that. When it came to choosing accounts for the list, Twitter presented those I follow and I could choose them with one click each. I don't know if it works with many follow-ees(?), I have only a few.

hanniabu 7y ago

I think you can also get around this same stuff by just creating a tweetdeck and creating a column for people you follow.

Grue3 7y ago

Except the list doesn't show more than 200 tweets (unless there's some trick to avoid this). If there's a sudden spike of activity, or you check it only once a week, it's easy to miss something important.

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Simon_says 7y ago
LOL. I block Twitter at the DNS level. I’ve never missed something important.
- penagwin 7y ago
  Then this entire thread is irrelevant to you. Why are you here?
  - Simon_says 7y ago
    It’s the top of HN.
    - p49k 7y ago
      There is a “hide” button made specifically for your situation.
      - a1369209993 7y ago
        https://news.ycombinator.com/hide?id=22141903&goto=news https://news.ycombinator.com/hide?id=22141903&goto=news: > You have to be logged in to hide.
        Sohcahtoa82 7y ago
        You also have to be logged in to comment. Simon_says decided to comment rather than hide.

josefresco 7y ago

Lists are a pain to access IMHO on purpose although they've improved it slightly. Open App Press on avatar Press Lists Press desired list. vs. Open app Now on desktop, using bookmarks, or a client like TweetDeck this is a valid solution.

frandroid 7y ago
Yeah, I would love to be able to have a list shortcut on my phone's homescreen.
- sbtrct 7y ago
  That sounds like something you could build in Apple’s Shortcuts app (assuming you’re on iOS).
  - frandroid 7y ago
    I'm on Android but I see where you're getting at here, thanks for the idea.
brandur 7y ago
This has improved quite a bit on recent versions of the official mobile clients. If you go to your lists, you can "pin" a list, which has the effect of making it an alternate timeline from the app's home screen. It's a little subtle, but on home you'll now have "Home" and your list's name at the top of the screen, with the active one getting a blue underline. Swipe left or right to select one or the other.
- fireattack 7y ago
  You can't do it on Android version even today, almost 1 year after they added this feature on iOS version.
soohyung 7y ago
I think they couldn't care less about lists. They are super annoying to access and ever since the last update which brought the mobile layout to desktop you can't even create a new list from the "add to list" screen anymore. Sadly the entire update still feels half-baked and not thought-through and given that it's been months I don't feel too optimistic. There's so many small things that worked fine before and are just missing completely or broken now. It's a shame because I've been using Twitter for a decade but it's hardly useable now.

hesk 7y ago

Unfortunately, you cannot turn off retweets in lists, at least on the Twitter website or iOS app. I disable retweets for most of the people I follow. Fortunately, in Tweetdeck you can filter retweets for each list individually.

bradleyankrom 7y ago

Similar to what I do (lists are public, not private). One recent change has annoyed me, though - won’t let me view my public lists unless I am logged in.

danols 7y ago

Every time Twitter comes up on HN people complain about missing reverse chronological order and hating on the liked by tweets feature. The old classic mode is one click away. Or am I in a weird long running A/B testing group still having access to this feature? I know the default mode is not what most people here like but is it really that hard to switch the display mode?

dmd 7y ago
It's not hard at all, it's just not permanent. After about 3-4 days twitter "helpfully" sets one back to the order they want you to see.
- driverdan 7y ago
  It's at least a few weeks before it reverts for me.
anonymoushn 7y ago
Twitter regularly switches you back to garbage mode without telling you, and you have to mute all the words in this submission to make classic mode work. muting all these words does nothing if you are in garbage mode.
- drdeca 7y ago
  On my intentionally not updated install of iOS twitter, it doesn’t have the garbage mode (still has some inserted garbage, but is otherwise chronological)
- goodmachine 7y ago
  > Twitter regularly switches you back to garbage mode Right. The other problem is that garbage mode is two-way. I don't want to see other people's likes etc, and I don't want to have my own garbage jammed into anyone else's feed either. Short of going private there's no fix for this.
- maxerickson 7y ago