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by mike-cardwell 5521 days ago
Twitter really need to add this functionality to the core service. I use several different Twitter clients. I'm following a couple of users who I'd like to hide the tweets of, but it would potentially be awkward to unfollow them if they notice.
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One native-Twitter solution available to you today is to create a private list containing only the people you'd like to read on a regular basis.

https://support.twitter.com/entries/76460-how-to-use-twitter...

This is how I use twitter!

Lists are very useful if you follow are large number of people. Create a few smaller lists of the things you really want to see or that are important.

I created a list for the services I use, I check it once a day to see who's tweeted about something new and improved.

I have another list for co-workers and friends and check that one as my default.

I like that Twitter forces you to be honest about who you're following. Then again, I have the same problem with instant messaging's Appear Offline (it erodes the value of the network, and destroys the discoverability of weak connections).
What would be most useful for me is to mute someone for a set period of time.

If someone is off on a long series of tweets I don't care about, it would be nice to mute them for an hour or two until they're done.

Or if someone is tweeting from a conference and I don't care about it, I could mute them for a couple of days.

These are scenarios where I definitely don't want to unfollow, but I'd also like to not read dozens of uninteresting tweets.