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Twitter has a machine learning algorithm that actively steers people towards political/controversial content. If you choose to see tweets "recent first" to avoi
by apsec112 6y ago
Twitter 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.