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The problem I have with Twitter is that it's too people centric. For example, I like to follow finance news, so I could probably find some Twitter accounts that
by thekyle 5y ago
The problem I have with Twitter is that it's too people centric. For example, I like to follow finance news, so I could probably find some Twitter accounts that post about that. But surely the people running those accounts would also post about other interests they have besides finance. I probably won't really care about their other interests so all of their non-finance related posts would just be noise in my feed.
On the other hand, there are topic centric social networks like Reddit where it's a lot easier to find and follow just the news about a specific niche (like finance).
I'm not totally against the people centric model. I think it can work well in social networks like Facebook and Instagram that are more friends and family focused, but I don't really get that vibe from Twitter.
- soperj 5y agoYou can follow topics on twitter.
- akiselev 5y agoTopics are "curated" at best and algorithmic garbage-in-garbage-out at worst. Subreddits are moderated, often by people with at least a passing familiarity in the subject matter. Moderation allows on topic discussion without putting a gatekeeper behind exposure, as long as posters follow the rules.
- peq 5y agoI tried following the webdev topic and it's just interaction-baiting bullshit. Like loops vs reduce. Or "offend a webdev with 3 words".
- jdasdf 5y ago> The problem I have with Twitter is that it's too people centric. For example, I like to follow finance news, so I could probably find some Twitter accounts that post about that. But surely the people running those accounts would also post about other interests they have besides finance. I probably won't really care about their other interests so all of their non-finance related posts would just be noise in my feed. That's solved by being stingy with your follows and not being afraid to unfollow people. From my experience I have zero issues keeping my stream focused on finance (though i do follow one or two comedy accounts that post every once in a while)
- lobocinza 5y agoOr use lists
- xmprt 5y agoThat doesn't sound like a solution. Some people might have really good financial tweets but your solution would be to unfollow them for their irrelevant ones.
- robryan 5y agoYeah, some people post good stuff but their signal to noise ratio is just too low. Not much choice but to unfollow them.
- cirno 5y agoOr Twitter could let accounts create categories for their tweets so that you could opt-in or opt-out to them when you follow people. I may be into finance but I want to be able to post other things too, as I'm human. Trying to juggle multiple accounts is frustrating and time-consuming, and often thwarted by randomized phone number verification requirements on new accounts.
- anticristi 5y ago> I'm not totally against the people centric model. I think it can work well in social networks like Facebook and Instagram that are more friends and family focused [...] I feel Instagram is 100% influencer focused -- i.e. sponsorship focused -- with just enough "friends and family" to not make it feel like an advertisement show. You know how music on a commercial radio station is there to fill gaps between ads? That is Instagram and Facebook! Same concept but "done with computers". :) Not judging, just expressing my disappointment about the lack of honest separation between ads and private life.
- yaomtc 5y ago> I like to follow finance news Isn't RSS more suitable for this? Subscribing to feeds from finance news sites?