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Whitelisting solves the problem for me. I curate every tweet I see with a browser extension. Strangers can't kick down the door. I only see content from my dire

Whitelisting solves the problem for me. I curate every tweet I see with a browser extension. Strangers can't kick down the door. I only see content from my direct follows. It dramatically reduces the stress. Maybe a little like horse blinkers.

throwawayq3423 1y ago
Do you mind sharing this extension? I would prefer if it also shows the retweets of people you follow as that is an endorsement no matter what people say.
- delichon 1y ago
  https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/control-panel-for-twitter/kpmjjdhbcfebfjgdnpjagcndoelnidfj https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/control-panel-for-t...
AuthAuth 1y ago
How do you find new things to follow? If everyone did this it would be extremely rare to encounter new content.
- owisd 1y ago
  We'd just go back to human curation, you'd whitelist a few curators you liked, people wanting to promote their content would email a link to a curator, if they thought their audience would like it they'd share it, you'd see it via your whitelist and if you liked the look of it you'd whitelist them.
- saberience 1y ago
  Is this really an issue? I only message on WhatsApp with people I’ve met in real life and I prefer it that way. I only want to engage with people on Twitter if I specifically add that person to a whitelist. I don’t want to be subject to an algorithm that is trying to increase “engagement”. I don’t want more engagement with Twitter, I want to see random posts which an AI thinks are going to enrage me so I stay on the site longer.
- deleted 1y ago
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Scrounger 1y ago
> Whitelisting solves the problem for me. I curate every tweet I see with a browser extension. Strangers can't kick down the door. I only see content from my direct follows. It dramatically reduces the stress. Maybe a little like horse blinkers. This extension? https://github.com/rxliuli/mass-block-twitter https://github.com/rxliuli/mass-block-twitter
fsflover 1y ago
So you are fighting against the platform that you're using. It reminds me about people constantly fighting with their own computer (Windows) to remove ads and crap. In both cases viable alternatives exist which don't require this huge effort.
jmiskovic 1y ago
I see how this works for you and many others but I hate this practice. You are not turning strangers away, you just preemptively shadow-ban everyone.

throwawayq3423 1y ago

Do you mind sharing this extension? I would prefer if it also shows the retweets of people you follow as that is an endorsement no matter what people say.

delichon 1y ago
https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/control-panel-for-twitter/kpmjjdhbcfebfjgdnpjagcndoelnidfj https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/control-panel-for-t...

AuthAuth 1y ago

How do you find new things to follow? If everyone did this it would be extremely rare to encounter new content.

owisd 1y ago
We'd just go back to human curation, you'd whitelist a few curators you liked, people wanting to promote their content would email a link to a curator, if they thought their audience would like it they'd share it, you'd see it via your whitelist and if you liked the look of it you'd whitelist them.
saberience 1y ago
Is this really an issue? I only message on WhatsApp with people I’ve met in real life and I prefer it that way. I only want to engage with people on Twitter if I specifically add that person to a whitelist. I don’t want to be subject to an algorithm that is trying to increase “engagement”. I don’t want more engagement with Twitter, I want to see random posts which an AI thinks are going to enrage me so I stay on the site longer.
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Scrounger 1y ago

> Whitelisting solves the problem for me. I curate every tweet I see with a browser extension. Strangers can't kick down the door. I only see content from my direct follows. It dramatically reduces the stress. Maybe a little like horse blinkers. This extension? https://github.com/rxliuli/mass-block-twitter https://github.com/rxliuli/mass-block-twitter

fsflover 1y ago

So you are fighting against the platform that you're using. It reminds me about people constantly fighting with their own computer (Windows) to remove ads and crap. In both cases viable alternatives exist which don't require this huge effort.

jmiskovic 1y ago

I see how this works for you and many others but I hate this practice. You are not turning strangers away, you just preemptively shadow-ban everyone.