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Mine is this, if you want twitter blue to be at all appealing, make it so that you can eliminate all ads, including promoted tweets. Getting rid of ads is my #1

by tensor 4y ago

Mine is this, if you want twitter blue to be at all appealing, make it so that you can eliminate all ads, including promoted tweets. Getting rid of ads is my #1 ask. I'd pay for it.

stjohnswarts 4y ago
Install an adblocker. I literally never see ads on twitter...
- tensor 4y ago
  Harder to do on mobile.
  - sumeno 4y ago
    Use Tweetbot if you're on iOS. $6 a year for a chronological feed that never tries to switch you to the algorithmic feed and no ads. The last time the Twitter iOS app tried to force me into the algorithmic feed it was the straw that broke the camels back and I switched.
    - chroma 4y ago
      Twitter hasn't released public APIs for many of their new features (such as group DMs), meaning Tweetbot lacks support for them.
    - tensor 4y ago
      Huh, really? I have tweetbot for Mac. I thought I looked and it didn't block promoted tweets on iOS anymore. I'll check it out thanks.
  - nmeagent 4y ago
    Strangely enough, you can actually block the corporate accounts associated with sponsored tweets. I used to do this consistently on general principle before ultimately canceling my account. After awhile, the ads I did see (from as-of-yet unblocked accounts) became more and more exotic. It seemed like they were less frequent as well, though I could definitely have been imagining that.
astrange 4y ago
Twitter ads are so poorly targeted you're missing out on entertainment by not seeing them. Half of mine are pharmaceutical presentations for things I can't pronounce, and the other half are the official Microsoft account posting about anime for some reason. They also let you block advertisers for some reason.