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by faangFar 2144 days ago
Twitter is unusable if you want to avoid Politics. I unfriended almost everyone but all it takes is a single Like from anyone and it's Politics galore.
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I really wish they'd add "harmony mode" or something that would get you away from the shrill toxicity of standard Twitter. People can't help themselves but click "like" on the most extreme statements possible, so users are incentivized to make the most extreme statements to maximize likes.

The only success I've had is by starting a private list of knowingly healthy users that's aggressively curated to make it stay that way, and never looking at the home timeline.

They need synonyms for mute words