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Emrys

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19. I sympathize. Make yourself one or more Twitter lists.

Reply to NewsCenter28 (Reply #4)

Mon Dec 12, 2022, 08:54 AM

Dec 2022

Add to them the accounts that are important to you. You can then sidestep the timeline Twitter provides for you and use the lists to keep up with those accounts instead.

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Twitter has become such a clusterf@ck w Elon going bonkers. [View all] FlyingPiggy Dec 2022 OP

Mastodon really isn't complicated - it's conceptually similar, but... oioioi Dec 2022 #1

+1 ancianita Dec 2022 #5

I'm saving this NJCher Dec 2022 #6

Thanks for this. I downloaded the app and it looks much simpler for me to understand FlyingPiggy Dec 2022 #26

The server admins are responsible for the integrity of their systems oioioi Dec 2022 #29

Thanks for the information.. mountain grammy Dec 2022 #33

He was at chase center in SF tonight at the Chris Rock and Dave Chappelle show and the audience was kimbutgar Dec 2022 #2

He's not used to that. He'll probably double down now on his 💩 FlyingPiggy Dec 2022 #27

escape that flaming dumpster eShirl Dec 2022 #3

I want to leave Twitter but.... NewsCenter28 Dec 2022 #4

I guess we just have to make our voices heard. Old Crank Dec 2022 #8

I sympathize. Make yourself one or more Twitter lists. Emrys Dec 2022 #19

I want to leave bc I don't want to give them any more traffic. FlyingPiggy Dec 2022 #28

I like Twitter Roy Rolling Dec 2022 #7

+1 Celerity Dec 2022 #18

Reďdit roscoeroscoe Dec 2022 #9

I looked at reddit and signed up. It looks pretty good. FlyingPiggy Dec 2022 #24

A real fustercluck for sure.. ananda Dec 2022 #10

I joined Post last week. Really promising. Laurian Dec 2022 #11

I'll look up post and report back. Is this an app? FlyingPiggy Dec 2022 #25

I just have it saved on my Home Screen. I understand there is an app, though. Laurian Dec 2022 #30

I'm on FB and get posts by Amy Siskind, Heather Cox-Richardson, Rebecca Solnit along with GoneOffShore Dec 2022 #12

Yes, FB is what you make of it. As is Instagram. GoCubsGo Dec 2022 #20

I'm on both FB and Insta. My FB profile is public and I have serious restrictions about who can post GoneOffShore Dec 2022 #21

Same here, except for the profile part. GoCubsGo Dec 2022 #22

Instagram is where I put up my photos as I don't want to mess with SmugMug GoneOffShore Dec 2022 #23

I see very little of the RWNJ spew on Twitter Yonnie3 Dec 2022 #13

Actually, Twitter algorithms show the people you interact with the most womanofthehills Dec 2022 #40

So the OP's feed is filled with RWNJs because they interact with them? Yonnie3 Dec 2022 #41

I'm on Post right now sky_masterson Dec 2022 #14

I'm on Post, Mastodon and Tribel John Ludi Dec 2022 #15

Post PuraVidaDreamin Dec 2022 #16

Mute the accounts you don't enjoy seeing Dorian Gray Dec 2022 #17

It's not Twitter... it's YOU WarGamer Dec 2022 #31

No, it's not me. I am liking and engaging w progressives & I don't see them at all on my feed. FlyingPiggy Dec 2022 #32

Twitters algorithm has ALWAYS been about taking advantage of conflict. WarGamer Dec 2022 #34

I am going to go and block all these whackjobs. Maybe that will help? FlyingPiggy Dec 2022 #35

yup that's the best move. And NEVER respond to them. WarGamer Dec 2022 #36

Gotcha! Thanks for the tips FlyingPiggy Dec 2022 #38

Post looks good. tblue37 Dec 2022 #37

And he's gone full racist Q nut. Initech Dec 2022 #39