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I think there is some value in a twitter client that filters for you. The canonical example that comes to mind for me is a couple of friends of mine who are spo
by olefoo 17y ago
I think there is some value in a twitter client that filters for you. The canonical example that comes to mind for me is a couple of friends of mine who are sports enthusiasts and when the #redwings begin flying I am less than interested; but they still have worthwhile things to say about topics I am interested in.
I also don't have that much time for twitter, there are a number of people that i follow whom I don't need to know what they had for breakfast, but I would like to know what they thought of a site or idea. That's a harder nut to crack, some sort of adaptive learning filter might work.
- rw 17y agoThis could just be solved by etiquette. Or, different accounts for different purposes: one for your minutia/personal life, one for your coding life, one for your politics life...
- olefoo 17y agoThere are plenty of folks who do that. And some clients do support that behavior. But the problem with an etiquette based solution is that there is a fair amount of bandwidth consumed by discussions of what is and is not appropriate etiquette. Client-side filtering does break the implied 'I read your every brainfart' contract that makes twitter appealing to so many, but come on; this just moves the filters a little ways outside your head.