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Discoverability is important, but imo there should be a dedicated section for it instead of mixing it with the tweets of the people you actually follow. But on
by jerojero 4y ago
Discoverability is important, but imo there should be a dedicated section for it instead of mixing it with the tweets of the people you actually follow. But on the other hand, people might not really be willing to "switch tabs" and so if you move the feature somewhere else then people will never really see it.
It's kind of a trade off. I think what's a bit annoying is that often times these discovery features are used to advertise rather than to provide actual good recommendations.
- Gigachad 4y agoPerhaps an alternative is rather than getting banned from the platform, you can just get banned from discoverability if your posts are a detriment to the community. But your direct followers can always keep seeing your content.
- ufo 4y agoI imagine they'd also have to find a solution for replies and retweets. Those also can also show up on your feed, even if the original post is not from someone you follow.
- amadeuspagel 4y agoI don't see how retweets are a problem. If someone doesn't want to see retweets of a certain person, they can unfollow everyone who retweets them. Twitter even allows you to show only original tweets, and not retweets, from someone you follow.
- amadeuspagel 4y agoI like that idea, but note that youtube already has that - the default "home" tab is the recommendation engine, you can go to the "subscriptions" tab to show only your subscriptions - and people still keep whining about it.
- aceazzameen 4y agoI use twitter because you can switch to a chronological feed by using the "sparkle/stars" button in the upper right corner. This removes all of the suggestions and tweets from people you don't know. Basically it turns discoverablity off. You still get retweets if shared by someone you follow (you can also turn that off by going to their profile). This is the main reason it's the only social media company I use. I can avoid the algorithm completely. I also use Twitter lists and made a list of close friends so I can see a feed of just their tweets in case I miss them in the chronological feed. The tools are already there. The UX to surface them needs to be better though.
- haxscramper 4y agoSomehow I missed this (very noticeable actually) non-algorithmic toggle button until I saw your comment, so many thanks for mentioning this.