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0 pointsmgiannopoulos3y ago0 comments

This still exists as the Following tab and viewing it is a persistent option. You don’t need to see the algorithm feed (“For You”) ever.

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Roughly one in every four to five tweets in the “following” feed is a “promoted” tweet, at least on mobile.

20-25% noise isn’t a great ratio for something that I ostensibly curate.

hk__23y ago

"promoted" tweets are ads, just like you would see on almost any website you don’t pay for.

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Roughly one in every four to five tweets in the “following” feed is a “promoted” tweet, at least on mobile.

20-25% noise isn’t a great ratio for something that I ostensibly curate.

hk__23y ago

"promoted" tweets are ads, just like you would see on almost any website you don’t pay for.

j / k navigate · click thread line to collapse