I think it is literally designed to be negative. If I dig into individuals feeds I get the "So here's an interesting challenge we had at work this week" thread I came here to read. Four likes. But my timeline is "Person you follow liked this ill-informed zinger. 32k RT"
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The design teaches people both the right way to use Twitter and the right way to be, because Twitter is about finding your community of choice and attaching your resting thoughts to it. Twitter tells you that your community of choice is a vicious, negative, terrifying place.
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imagine searching the landscape for bad news is a survival skill, rewarded and reinforced over many generations of humans
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/j.1460-2466.1996.tb01487.x …pic.twitter.com/dSylrE4Mxv
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Really? Mine is so positive!
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Turns out we all liked to be outraged. Drives more engagement. Stay the course. I’m so glad I invested in you & co.
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Just unfollow the source of the negativity. I rarely see negativity in my Twitter feed.
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I like to follow some puppy pages to feel a bit less negative
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Unfollow the mask holders, mute the nitpickers, block the assholes. There Twitter is great now
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Need a toggle switch in user settings...on/off negative twitter. There's a sentiment driven algo somewhere that can make this happen.
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Lets all out snark each other, and be hateful for likes and retweets!
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