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0 pointsmadeofpalk3y ago0 comments

Twitter has always had "chronological timeline" behind a confusing "sparkle" button (except for a brief period a few months back where they removed it, or always defaulted to back to algo timeline? and then restored it a week later)

They called it "Latest Tweets" https://web.archive.org/web/20200205092104/https://help.twit...

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dmonitor3y ago

immediately getting rid of the sparkle button is one of the few reasons i still have a small amount of faith in elon’s vision of twitter

Laaas3y ago

- Open sourcing this

- Lists as tabs

- _Heavily_ reduced spam

- Can look at Twitter without logging in

I'm likely missing some other obvious/uncontroversially good changes.

I still use Twitter and plan to continue using it. I am satisfied with most of his changes.

madeofpalkOP3y ago

> - Lists as tabs

Twitter added this in 2019

https://www.theverge.com/2019/9/23/20880372/twitter-lists-al...

> - Can look at Twitter without logging in

All the recent change was show non-logged in users the Explore view which is... better than the previously mostly nothing I guess.

Again, you've always been able to view tweets and browse profiles if linked to directly before Elon.

progmetaldev3y ago

Not having to login to Twitter is a great feature. I don't have a Twitter account, but often see posts linked elsewhere, and hated getting hit to login each time.

TaylorAlexander3y ago

The spam comment is interesting. I had a sharp uptick in the number of spam messages after the acquisition.

dmix3y ago

My daily DM spam hit a peak last year than dropped in recent months.

kaba03y ago

- The site often breaking as there is no one left to put out a fire - basically microtransactions that will soon boost your posts

guerrilla3y ago

- _Heavily_ reduced spam

You mean increased...

astrange3y ago

There's not any less spam. How could there be when he laid off all the antispam people?

If you expand "see more tweets" sometimes there's normal tweets hiding down there and sometimes it's a bot trying to sell you guns.

suddenclarity3y ago

How? By having different requirements and implementing another solution? Look at the guy behind YouTube purge tool. One guy accomplished more than YouTube have done for years. Why? No one knows but it's definitely not because lack of resources. I've definitely seen less spam during the last months.

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seydor3y ago

It would randomly revert back. I like the new layout because sometimes i like a quick peek at the recommendations

cubefox3y ago

That wasn't the same, clicking the sparkle button still included a lot of recommended tweets. The only effect was that it made the timeline chronological and included all tweets from people you follow.

j / k navigate · click thread line to collapse

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dmonitor3y ago

immediately getting rid of the sparkle button is one of the few reasons i still have a small amount of faith in elon’s vision of twitter

Laaas3y ago

- Open sourcing this

- Lists as tabs

- _Heavily_ reduced spam

- Can look at Twitter without logging in

I'm likely missing some other obvious/uncontroversially good changes.

I still use Twitter and plan to continue using it. I am satisfied with most of his changes.

madeofpalkOP3y ago

> - Lists as tabs

Twitter added this in 2019

https://www.theverge.com/2019/9/23/20880372/twitter-lists-al...

> - Can look at Twitter without logging in

All the recent change was show non-logged in users the Explore view which is... better than the previously mostly nothing I guess.

Again, you've always been able to view tweets and browse profiles if linked to directly before Elon.

progmetaldev3y ago

Not having to login to Twitter is a great feature. I don't have a Twitter account, but often see posts linked elsewhere, and hated getting hit to login each time.

TaylorAlexander3y ago

The spam comment is interesting. I had a sharp uptick in the number of spam messages after the acquisition.

dmix3y ago

My daily DM spam hit a peak last year than dropped in recent months.

kaba03y ago

- The site often breaking as there is no one left to put out a fire - basically microtransactions that will soon boost your posts

guerrilla3y ago

- _Heavily_ reduced spam

You mean increased...

astrange3y ago

There's not any less spam. How could there be when he laid off all the antispam people?

If you expand "see more tweets" sometimes there's normal tweets hiding down there and sometimes it's a bot trying to sell you guns.

suddenclarity3y ago

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seydor3y ago

It would randomly revert back. I like the new layout because sometimes i like a quick peek at the recommendations

cubefox3y ago

j / k navigate · click thread line to collapse