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Twitter has also been doing this since a few months ago. And there's no way to disable it, no matter how often I tell it to "see this less often". Sometimes hal
by lopis 4y ago
Twitter has also been doing this since a few months ago. And there's no way to disable it, no matter how often I tell it to "see this less often". Sometimes half the posts I see on the feed are recommended posts from people I don't follow nor care about. Not to mention the "notifications" bell has been useless for years now because all my notifications are suggested posts from people I follow. It's a total perversion of UX to try to hijack our habits for the sake of engagement. For people with attention deficit that just visit these websites sporadically with specific goals, this trend is really disgusting.
- nicbou 4y ago> For people with attention deficit that just visit these websites sporadically with specific goals An ad blocker can block a lot more than just ads. Mine removes anything that isn't goal-oriented, including most recommendation elements.
- pndy 4y ago> no matter how often I tell it to "see this less often" It's in the wording, innit? It's "don't show me again" but "less often" which implies you'll be nagged again with irrelevant content up until you gave up because the queue never ends as algorithm never sleeps.
- IlPeach 4y agoStarted using a third party client exactly for that reason (twidere)
- gammarator 4y agoAt least currently, switching to “latest posts” sorting still removes most of the cruft.