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It was like this for me until I muted any word that was remotely political. All of a sudden it was like a toxic fog had been lifted and I could see clearly agai

by masona 5y ago

It was like this for me until I muted any word that was remotely political. All of a sudden it was like a toxic fog had been lifted and I could see clearly again. The article really undersells the importance of muting words. It changes everything.

nfin 5y ago
is that a real feature (muting a word), or are you muting people when they write any political word in one of their messages?
- dgellow 5y ago
  Go to https://twitter.com/settings/muted_keywords https://twitter.com/settings/muted_keywords, you can mute words you don't care about. The feature is a bit hidden in the settings, but the twitter experience is way better once you remove content that makes you angry.
- ryantgtg 5y ago
  I muted the word “trump” and it made an incredible impact on my twitter experience.
- detaro 5y ago
  it's a feature.
- numpad0 5y ago
  https://gist.github.com/IanColdwater/88b3341a7c4c0cf71c73ac56f9bd36ec https://gist.github.com/IanColdwater/88b3341a7c4c0cf71c73ac5...
dpifke 5y ago
Have they removed the 200 muted word limit? Or at least implemented word stemming? This feature, besides being hidden, always felt unreasonably crippled to me. And they banned third party clients that might be able to implement it better. I gave up on Twitter as a platform because Twitter Inc. refused to give me enough control over my feed. (This applies to banned accounts as well - I would have liked the ability to judge for myself, rather than have an overworked, outsourced, minimum wage moderator decide for me.)
- dpifke 5y ago
  Replying to myself because maybe there's a startup idea in the above comment: convince one or more of the the big social platforms to let users opt out of default moderation, and "subscribe" to thirdy party moderation. (Moderation-as-a-Service?) This would open up a market similar to how you can use different spam reputation services with email, or different blocklists with ad filters. It would also take the wind out of the sails of people blasting the social media companies for over- or under-moderation. Don't like what's being censored? Hire a different set of censors.

by masona 5y ago

nfin 5y ago

is that a real feature (muting a word), or are you muting people when they write any political word in one of their messages?

dgellow 5y ago
Go to https://twitter.com/settings/muted_keywords https://twitter.com/settings/muted_keywords, you can mute words you don't care about. The feature is a bit hidden in the settings, but the twitter experience is way better once you remove content that makes you angry.
ryantgtg 5y ago
I muted the word “trump” and it made an incredible impact on my twitter experience.
detaro 5y ago
it's a feature.
numpad0 5y ago
https://gist.github.com/IanColdwater/88b3341a7c4c0cf71c73ac56f9bd36ec https://gist.github.com/IanColdwater/88b3341a7c4c0cf71c73ac5...

dpifke 5y ago

Have they removed the 200 muted word limit? Or at least implemented word stemming? This feature, besides being hidden, always felt unreasonably crippled to me. And they banned third party clients that might be able to implement it better. I gave up on Twitter as a platform because Twitter Inc. refused to give me enough control over my feed. (This applies to banned accounts as well - I would have liked the ability to judge for myself, rather than have an overworked, outsourced, minimum wage moderator decide for me.)

dpifke 5y ago
Replying to myself because maybe there's a startup idea in the above comment: convince one or more of the the big social platforms to let users opt out of default moderation, and "subscribe" to thirdy party moderation. (Moderation-as-a-Service?) This would open up a market similar to how you can use different spam reputation services with email, or different blocklists with ad filters. It would also take the wind out of the sails of people blasting the social media companies for over- or under-moderation. Don't like what's being censored? Hire a different set of censors.