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Same, but I went the opposite direction and started following more people to curate my feed. I seldom unfollow anyone unless I feel any interaction with them is
by eyelidlessness 5y ago
Same, but I went the opposite direction and started following more people to curate my feed. I seldom unfollow anyone unless I feel any interaction with them is likely to have a high proportion of conflict or strong disagreement on values.
I considered a similar purge, but ultimately decided the variety and evolution of what I’m exposed to is better for my experience. I’ve also made several friends through Twitter (and even a short romantic relationship, which also led to me adopting a puppy who’s the light of my life!), so I’ve tended to keep a pretty open mind about the whole thing.
- dnautics 5y agoYeah I had a very selective strategy for purging: - follow only tech people/tech-adjacent people - unfollow any tech people/tech-adjacent people who post too much off-topic and/or do too much clickbait or too much emotionally taxing stuff and moving forward I do: - follow a more diverse (race, ethnicity, country, political leaning, gender) people, while following the above guidelines. - follow some people who "post interesting shit" while following the above guidelines.
- Swizec 5y agoTo sum it up: Most worthwhile twitter follows are a mini publishing house in disguise. They talk about a few things, regularly, but aren't using twitter to shoot the shit with friends. This is the exact opposite of how twitter felt in the beginning – a massively global IRC chatroom for people to shoot the shit.
- dnautics 5y agoI wouldn't say that, a few of the people I follow are shooting the shit with friends. That counts as "potentially interesting shit" and that sort of long-tail content does wind up on my feed.