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>> your feed only shows things from the people you follow This is untrue. It used to be the case but now Twitter shows content from people I don't follow based
by kjakm 6y ago
>> your feed only shows things from the people you follow
This is untrue. It used to be the case but now Twitter shows content from people I don't follow based on actions taken by people I follow. Although everyone I follow only ever tweets things I'm interested in they like tweets I have no interest in (which get randomly shown in my feed) and they follow people I have no interest in (which gets randomly shown in my feed). This has driven my away from Twitter. I try to block the latest news/trends/outrage online because it's generally fleeting (and if it's not I will find out through friends) but Twitter now makes this impossible and it makes the service so much less enjoyable I regularly consider deleting my account.
Edit: If anyone knows a solution to this please let me know. If tried a well known trick to mute certain strings but it doesn't seem to work anymore.
- abalaji 6y agoLists, use twitter lists.
- kjakm 6y agoThat's a great idea.
- abdullahkhalids 6y agoI don't really see tweets from people I don't follow (outside of retweets and likes). I don't know which ones help with your problem. Here are my settings: 1. Timeline in chronological order. 2. In settings->content preferences->languages. I have turned off everything. 3. In settings>content preferences>personalization and data, I have turned off everything. 4. I have Turned off Retweets for certain people (go to their page and click the three dots), as they retweet crap, but tweet good stuff. 5. Every time Twitter shows me any recommendations, I click "Show less often". 6. I have blocked pretty much every politician who are retweeted by my follows. I have also muted their names.