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I learned this in the early 90s on BBSes, MUDs, Usenet, and forums, before I even discovered the Web. Everything old is new again. Twitter is fine. It’s people
by aspenmayer 6y ago
I learned this in the early 90s on BBSes, MUDs, Usenet, and forums, before I even discovered the Web.
Everything old is new again. Twitter is fine. It’s people who suck. Exercise your own restraint and freedom to associate. Externalizing blame is to throw up your hands and to join all the other naysayers in yelling at clouds.
- apsec112 6y agoTwitter has a machine learning algorithm that actively steers people towards political/controversial content. If you choose to see tweets "recent first" to avoid this, Twitter will accidentally-on-purpose 'forget' this every few days, and return you to the AI-generated anger maximization feed. That's blatantly user-hostile behavior that wasn't present on Usenet or IRC.
- mattbk1 6y agoIf you use a 3rd-party app you can view in chronological order and it will stick.
- aspenmayer 6y agoThere’s also this: FREE and natively supported and part of Twitter domain itself, on my feed?! https://tweetdeck.twitter.com https://tweetdeck.twitter.com
- leephillips 6y agoYou can bypass all of this and turn Twitter into a useful newsfeed: https://lee-phillips.org/howtotwitter/ https://lee-phillips.org/howtotwitter/
- aspenmayer 6y agoI feel like they’re burying the lede, so here it is: https://tweetdeck.twitter.com https://tweetdeck.twitter.com
- aspenmayer 6y agoTry this combined with lists to get chronological feeds that stick and stay stuck. https://tweetdeck.twitter.com https://tweetdeck.twitter.com As for the rest of your comment, the personal is political. Twitter is personal. HN, for example, is much more of a water cooler type beat.