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Zorin =^o.o^=Nov 19, 2022

@[email protected] One of the big problems with "the algorithm" for me and many others is that we simply STOPPED seeing content from people we want to see, and started seeing MORE content from people being reactionary, fandom drama, call-outs, and the like.

The algorithm made the experience a lot worse for me and others, and turned our timelines into a shit show.

I'm okay with some subtle algorithmic sorting, but rather then bringing conflict forward, to bring accounts forward we frequently interact with.

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Zorin =^o.o^=Nov 19, 2022

@[email protected] Also the algorithm shouldn't completely take over. Bring SOME content forward, but make sure ALL the content is displayed. Don't suppress content with certain keywords like "commission" and make sure we see stuff reliably from EVERYONE we follow.

Yes, even people we don't interact with often. Because suppressing their content is a self-reinforcing problem!

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Zorin =^o.o^=Nov 19, 2022

@[email protected] When I switched to "Latest Tweets" after being on "Home" unknowingly for a long time I started seeing tweets from people I hadn't seen anything from in months, and that's when it really struck me just how BAD the algorithm is.

So yeah, it might be a good idea but it was a horrible execution. Enjoy your social media vacation. :)

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Stace Nov 20, 2022

@zorinlynx @jon Interestingly, I had the opposite experience.
I changed to 'latest tweets' at some point, and after a while I noticed I hadn't heard from people. If I checked their profiles, they were still posting, but I had just missed them by not being online at the time.

When I turned the algorithm back on, I suddenly got their tweets showing up again, raised to my attention even if they were made 4-5 hours before.

Now I use the algo for the first morning visit and change to timeline after

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Ged Maheux Nov 20, 2022

@_intothevoid @[email protected] @zorinlynx this is because Twitter never allowed you to save your reading position and why using 3rd party clients was a superior reading experience on Twitter. I could never use the official client because of these reasons and it’s one of the reasons why we developed Twitterrific in the first place.

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Marie-Alice ☣

@gedeonm @_intothevoid @jon @zorinlynx This! Being able to earmark a point in your timeline seems so blindingly obvious if you want your users to be in control... The timeline randomly refreshing is soooo infuriating, with all the scrolling to get back at this tweet you just read and wanted to open the link inside (to say nothing about the nested time travel involved when it happens several times in a row)