[sheeshkebab]

Maybe it’s holidays but I noticed my twitter feed getting filled up lately with various far right types posting crap. I guess these idiots were always there but somehow they were drawn out by saner content that I care about, not anymore it seems. I’ll probably delete twitter too if that’s the way it will continue on after another a couple of weeks.

[woodruffw]

There has definitely been an "upwelling" of far-right and explicitly reactionary content over the last few weeks. Like you, I've assumed that it's always been there, but presumably was being auto-moderated and wasn't receiving mass engagement from the site's leadership.

[rsynnott]

It's always been there, but it definitely does seem worse now. I've also noticed quite a lot more cryptospam.

[Pxtl]

Basically the "free speech" Elon liberated was transphobia. Which, considering that his trans daughter no longer speaks to him and changed her last name away from Musk, and Grimes left him for a trans woman, and he's publicly posted anti-trans tweets, means he might have an axe to grind against the trans community.

This has led to a lot of progressive twitter either exiting the site or switching to full-time culture war stuff, while the identity-conservatives are basically doing donuts in celebration.

[MikusR]

Twitter feed has only the people you follow.

[dorkwood]

That hasn't been true for a while. I regularly see tweets by people who have no connection to the accounts I follow. They'll often have accompanying tags like "Sports" or "Cryptocurrency" above their name, as if Twitter has decided I'm interested in these topics.

[haunter]

It only shows tweets that you follow if you opt-in that. Top right corner > change away from Home, don't show top tweets https://i.imgur.com/wl91ONj.png

[dorkwood]

Yeah I've tried the chronological timeline but it always seemed to switch back to the algorithmic one. To be fair, I haven't tried it in a while. Are you saying things like 'follow topic' suggestions don't show up at all on the chronological timeline? I'll need to test this.

[haunter]

>Are you saying things like 'follow topic' suggestions don't show up at all on the chronological timeline

Nope nothing like that. There are promoted tweets (that adblockers can actually block) but that's all. The whole thing is just one chronological timeline for me only showing people I folliow

[rsynnott]

I just opened up Twitter, and it is shoving some inane Musk tweet in my face. I certainly don't follow Elon, but some of the people I follow do, and that's good enough for Twitter (actually, it goes a bit further; it will on occasion show you things from people who none of your followers follow either, if they're 'trending').

[haunter]

It only shows tweets that you follow if you opt-in that. Top right corner > change away from Home, don't show top tweets https://i.imgur.com/wl91ONj.png

[davidgerard]

you've never used twitter, have you

[MikusR]

I have used twitter since October 2007. And it has always (except for a time a couple years ago. Then i switched to https://tweetdeck.twitter.com/) showed only tweets/retweets by people i follow.

[haunter]

I do and it only shows tweets that I follow. Top right corner > change away from Home, don't show top tweets https://i.imgur.com/wl91ONj.png

[Markoff]

I welcome this for change from far left woke crap dominating whole platform for years with any opposition against them silenced.

In free platform you read crap from all sides, not just the one you like.

But enjoy your new echo chamber outside Twitter.

edit: for downvoters, yes, I'm aware this describes also majority of HN users and you just can't stand different opinion and try to silence it, thanks for proving me right