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If you are ruthless at blocking and curating who you follow, Twitter can be a very good experience. My Twitter feed is nothing but posts about what is going on

If you are ruthless at blocking and curating who you follow, Twitter can be a very good experience. My Twitter feed is nothing but posts about what is going on in AI. While I do follow Elon Musks account, because it may contain something important to know at some point (which rarely happens), I block everyone he retweets in regards to political views so that I'm not affected by it. I use an ad blocker to remove the Trending panel, because at least here in Germany it is an entry point to the gates of hell, where you are guaranteed to be confronted with the most extremist, anti-government people this country has to offer. Politics are the worst on Twitter, and Twitter feeds that rage in order to have more engagement.

twsted 3y ago
I also have always had a curated list of "following" but certainly my experience has been degrading in the last months, for various reasons. It should be said that for specific contexts, Twitter is the right place to follow, and AI is one of these.
Snow_Falls 3y ago
The issue with creation is that you have to devote mental energy to removing the crazies. I felt much better simply cutting it all out of my life. I only read individual blogs now and its way better. If only we could convince the people worth following to start WordPress blogs or something.
harryvederci 3y ago
> My Twitter feed is nothing but posts about what is going on in AI. Sounds awful! :-)