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QC (in Berlin 7/29-???)
@QiaochuYuan
hello random person on the internet: this tweet is directed to you personally. please unfollow 5 accounts whose tweets consistently make you angry (if they all make you angry unfollow the 5 largest accounts you follow), then take a drink of water and go for a short walk. thx
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Visa ✈️ SF (Aug 2-14)
@visakanv
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something kinda clicked for me: once in a rare while I get a reply or QT that seems "off" in a distinct way... and I never had a model for it that made sense to me until now: I think some people feel that random tweets etc on the internet are directed to them personally
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Luca K. B. Masters
@lkbm
It's not "This person's tweets make me angry at *them*" it's "This person's tweets remind me to be angry at our mutual outgroup". It's a lot harder/less obvious to unfollow someone for posting things you agree with, but sometimes very good to do so.
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Luca K. B. Masters
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The tricky thing is that it's not their tweets—it's things that they liked, so I don't really notice who's making them appear on my feed half the time. (I do use the "show less of this" when I see a bad tweet, which hopefully helps.)
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Prose and Khans
@temujin9
I recommend the "newest first" timeline. Every time I see "so and so liked a tweet", I know Twitter has moved me back to their algorithmic feed, and I switch back.
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