I said ‘in its default state’ because although you can try to configure it otherwise it always seems to gravitate back towards being shite. I commend you both for bothering, but I’d rather just use a service that is fundamentally less filled with rubbish. It always feels like fighting a losing battle.
If you haven’t used it recently, then you wouldn’t understand. But don’t use it if you have such strong feelings about it, it’s still a time sink.
I will say it’s one of the only services of its type that’s no longer a contrived echo chamber though. All opinions can be heard… But only if you seek them.
I’ve posted here before about how I refuse to use Twitter due to its toxicity (in the past), but its recent lack of toxicity has made it very fun and addicting lol
Now, if you’re a positive person who just enjoys tech and cat videos, that’s all you’ll see.
In the past, you could spend hours trying to curate Twitter to be good/positive, but you would still see nonsense.
The biggest improvement is the removal of the feature where completely unrelated content would be pushed into your timeline with a note at the top that said “Your follower [insert follower name] liked this”
So you were at the mercy of what the people you followed also engaged with. Now, you can follow someone who may be on the other end of the political spectrum (who may post cool tweets) - And while you don’t agree with their views on the election, you can still see their tweets without the “Pastor Bob liked this” type post appearing of QAnon bullsh*t.