Man, Twitter really doesn't want me to just use it the way I want to use it: Follow accounts, turn off seeing those accounts' retweets where necessary, and only ever view Newest Tweets First. I...
Man, Twitter really doesn't want me to just use it the way I want to use it: Follow accounts, turn off seeing those accounts' retweets where necessary, and only ever view Newest Tweets First.
I don't use lists, bookmarks, direct messages, or explore. I don't want Twitter to guess what I'm interested in. And I don't plan on getting my news from Twitter (though I do follow reporters who break stories I then read elsewhere).
Also this all feels a bit tone-deaf considering my biggest complaint with them is their lack of action on addressing frequent EULA-offenders and not doing anything to combat misinformation campaigns. IIRC they did even less than Facebook about that doctored Pelosi video.
I'm a similar use-case to you, and Tweetdeck has basically solved those issues for me. I have my notifications column to the far left, to move the real content toward the center. I then have a...
I'm a similar use-case to you, and Tweetdeck has basically solved those issues for me.
I have my notifications column to the far left, to move the real content toward the center. I then have a 'Highlights' column, which shows me a curated list of the users I don't want to miss content from, including their retweets. 'Home' is the third column - it's just everyone I follow with all retweets turned off, that way I can skip most of the dead memes, 'literally me' gifs, and political takes. Fourth column shows me my own account's tweets - helps remind me to post some content if it's been a while.
The redesign is fine but it seems like it's just a lick of paint. Without the ability to toggle off retweets, Twitter seems unusable (or at least a time sink of trash) for anyone following more than a few hundred active accounts.
I've never heard anyone ever speak fondly of a non-chronological timeline on any site.
You should try realtwitter.com. it's a redirect to the type of feed you seem to want. If you want a specific account you can do eg. https://realtwitter.com/Adys
You should try realtwitter.com. it's a redirect to the type of feed you seem to want. If you want a specific account you can do eg. https://realtwitter.com/Adys
Every time I create an account to just read and follow the account gets blocked because of "suspicious activity" I guess not spamming out rage tweets is suspicious.
Every time I create an account to just read and follow the account gets blocked because of "suspicious activity" I guess not spamming out rage tweets is suspicious.
On your third point, seeing things in "Newest Tweets first", I've blocked the following words: suggest_ranked_organic_tweet suggest_recycled_tweet_inline suggest_activity_tweet suggest_pyle_tweet...
On your third point, seeing things in "Newest Tweets first", I've blocked the following words:
suggest_ranked_organic_tweet
suggest_recycled_tweet_inline
suggest_activity_tweet
suggest_pyle_tweet
This has made Twitter feel a lot less like a timesink, since it stops showing me "new" content, and I can more easily decide when to stop.
For lessening retweets, I've blocked "RT if", and that's helped with the most annoying types of RT.
Design is good but I despise how it constantly resets your "show most recent tweets first" setting. It gives you the setting but resets it on purpose every few days. Such an awful "we know better"...
Design is good but I despise how it constantly resets your "show most recent tweets first" setting. It gives you the setting but resets it on purpose every few days. Such an awful "we know better" attitude…
I've enjoyed it too and have often found myself changing to the new one whenever I could. I'm not a big fan of the Trends on Twitter/Who to Follow, but luckily with uBlock Origin I can easily zap...
I've enjoyed it too and have often found myself changing to the new one whenever I could.
I'm not a big fan of the Trends on Twitter/Who to Follow, but luckily with uBlock Origin I can easily zap them with a right click.
You can still opt out, but it's hidden You have to mess with cookies to do it. Change the value of the cookie "rweb_optin" from "on" to "off" and refresh until you get the old design. (create the...
You can still opt out, but it's hidden You have to mess with cookies to do it. Change the value of the cookie "rweb_optin" from "on" to "off" and refresh until you get the old design.
(create the "rweb_optin" cookie if it doesn't already exist)
not exactly a huge fan of the redesign because it feels very needlessly claustrophobic to me, but i don't really use twitter proper anyways (i mostly use tweetdeck at this point because it's just...
not exactly a huge fan of the redesign because it feels very needlessly claustrophobic to me, but i don't really use twitter proper anyways (i mostly use tweetdeck at this point because it's just easier for me to keep up with all the stuff i follow that way) so it's a bit of a moot issue.
Man, Twitter really doesn't want me to just use it the way I want to use it: Follow accounts, turn off seeing those accounts' retweets where necessary, and only ever view Newest Tweets First.
I don't use lists, bookmarks, direct messages, or explore. I don't want Twitter to guess what I'm interested in. And I don't plan on getting my news from Twitter (though I do follow reporters who break stories I then read elsewhere).
Also this all feels a bit tone-deaf considering my biggest complaint with them is their lack of action on addressing frequent EULA-offenders and not doing anything to combat misinformation campaigns. IIRC they did even less than Facebook about that doctored Pelosi video.
I'm a similar use-case to you, and Tweetdeck has basically solved those issues for me.
I have my notifications column to the far left, to move the real content toward the center. I then have a 'Highlights' column, which shows me a curated list of the users I don't want to miss content from, including their retweets. 'Home' is the third column - it's just everyone I follow with all retweets turned off, that way I can skip most of the dead memes, 'literally me' gifs, and political takes. Fourth column shows me my own account's tweets - helps remind me to post some content if it's been a while.
The redesign is fine but it seems like it's just a lick of paint. Without the ability to toggle off retweets, Twitter seems unusable (or at least a time sink of trash) for anyone following more than a few hundred active accounts.
I've never heard anyone ever speak fondly of a non-chronological timeline on any site.
I try to use Mastodon where I can.
You should try realtwitter.com. it's a redirect to the type of feed you seem to want. If you want a specific account you can do eg. https://realtwitter.com/Adys
Every time I create an account to just read and follow the account gets blocked because of "suspicious activity" I guess not spamming out rage tweets is suspicious.
On your third point, seeing things in "Newest Tweets first", I've blocked the following words:
This has made Twitter feel a lot less like a timesink, since it stops showing me "new" content, and I can more easily decide when to stop.
For lessening retweets, I've blocked "RT if", and that's helped with the most annoying types of RT.
Here's the first of a series of "behind the scenes" post on their Engineering blog as well: Building the new Twitter.com
At least they kept no JavaScript twitter around
I've been using it for a little over a month now. Really dig the new design.
Design is good but I despise how it constantly resets your "show most recent tweets first" setting. It gives you the setting but resets it on purpose every few days. Such an awful "we know better" attitude…
Yeah, this setting defaulting back is infuriating.
I've enjoyed it too and have often found myself changing to the new one whenever I could.
I'm not a big fan of the Trends on Twitter/Who to Follow, but luckily with uBlock Origin I can easily zap them with a right click.
No, if only they'd kick nazis off of their platform, rather than protecting them.
But that would require work. And, they couldn't blog about it.
As well as profiting off them. Important to remember selling ads to fascists is profitable for this company.
You can still opt out, but it's hidden You have to mess with cookies to do it. Change the value of the cookie "rweb_optin" from "on" to "off" and refresh until you get the old design.
(create the "rweb_optin" cookie if it doesn't already exist)
Why are interface redesigns always forced upon users? An opt-in/out system would be nice.
Maintaining multiple versions of a website requires time, effort, and money.
not exactly a huge fan of the redesign because it feels very needlessly claustrophobic to me, but i don't really use twitter proper anyways (i mostly use tweetdeck at this point because it's just easier for me to keep up with all the stuff i follow that way) so it's a bit of a moot issue.
Will the new, refreshing and updated experience also include less awfulness?