That reminds me @fivefifths is an excellent follow
― 龜, Friday, 29 May 2015 02:32 (eight years ago) link
the only rule for suggestions is no music writers
― Keith Mozart (D-40), Friday, 29 May 2015 02:33 (eight years ago) link
i used to follow @fivefifths i dont remember why i unfollowed, prob for talking abt super heroes or star wars thats usually why
― lag∞n, Friday, 29 May 2015 02:34 (eight years ago) link
xxp cosign I've been hoping he'd follow back for months bc we have mutual friends
― Keith Mozart (D-40), Friday, 29 May 2015 02:34 (eight years ago) link
https://twitter.com/solar_pioneer/status/603816791459041281
this is v good
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Friday, 29 May 2015 20:40 (eight years ago) link
i unfollowed everyone (save my bot, my magazine, and two zombie accounts that i can't unfollow) yesterday.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=diYAc7gB-0A
gonna follow a bunch of people back soon but man it's nice being weaned off the constant updates.
― maura, Tuesday, 9 June 2015 15:47 (eight years ago) link
it is definitely like the modern day idiot box - you just have to be able to switch it off - everything becomes equally hysterical and irritating. i only really read it at work (less boring than work) with the odd tweet when at home.
― bureau belfast model (LocalGarda), Tuesday, 9 June 2015 15:49 (eight years ago) link
opting out of twitter from jump continues to feel like the right call for my life
― like a giraffe of nah (forksclovetofu), Tuesday, 9 June 2015 16:10 (eight years ago) link
there are some really good things about it too - it brings me closer to communities of people talking about things i'm interested in - or allows me to discover knowledge on more particular interests, but it is hard to fence off the useful info and stop everything else crashing in
― bureau belfast model (LocalGarda), Tuesday, 9 June 2015 16:11 (eight years ago) link
just let the cascade wash over you
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 9 June 2015 16:14 (eight years ago) link
how's twitter working out for everyone
― thoughts you made second posts about (darraghmac), Tuesday, 9 June 2015 16:20 (eight years ago) link
twitter is 100% good content
― tender is the late-night daypart (schlump), Tuesday, 9 June 2015 16:32 (eight years ago) link
i love tweets and retweets
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 9 June 2015 16:35 (eight years ago) link
just a few months into having a twitter account but i am still finding it a useful networking tool in my field. my unfiltered feed is 60% worthless though, i find it more useful to check in on individuals i like
― marcos, Tuesday, 9 June 2015 17:06 (eight years ago) link
Mute the 60% that sucks if you don't want to get hit with the guilt of an unfollow
― 龜, Tuesday, 9 June 2015 17:11 (eight years ago) link
feels great to unfollow
― tender is the late-night daypart (schlump), Tuesday, 9 June 2015 17:13 (eight years ago) link
empowering
also if somebody notices it's happens in a kind of neurotic shame-zone dedicated to monitoring one's own popularity & so you know it's hard to really casually mention you noticed
― tender is the late-night daypart (schlump), Tuesday, 9 June 2015 17:14 (eight years ago) link
i've had *enough* conversations about unfollowing in my life
― insufficiently familiar with xgau's work to comment intelligently (BradNelson), Tuesday, 9 June 2015 17:17 (eight years ago) link
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― tender is the late-night daypart (schlump), Tuesday, June 9, 2015 1:13 PM (7 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
always unfollow
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 9 June 2015 17:21 (eight years ago) link
shdnt be able to mute ppl u follow imho, its a violation
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 9 June 2015 17:22 (eight years ago) link
it is a weird 'have it both ways' and i have never done it on principle. but i guess it helps if there are people you don't want to see who you don't want to deal with with them knowing you unfollowed them, though, unfortunately there is social ugliness on twitter that it can be better not to allow to escalate for some people. especially given how badly Twitter seems to handle issues of stalking, harrassment, etc.
― fetty wap, kombucha, where to trap queen (some dude), Tuesday, 9 June 2015 17:38 (eight years ago) link
I do time based mutes.
― Jeff, Tuesday, 9 June 2015 17:57 (eight years ago) link
Twitter is 110 times better than Facebook since it's all out in the open.
― pplains, Tuesday, 9 June 2015 18:08 (eight years ago) link
Imo mute makes a lot of sense for temporary time outs
― supreme problematics (D-40), Tuesday, 9 June 2015 18:35 (eight years ago) link
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It's not tho protected accounts
― supreme problematics (D-40), Tuesday, 9 June 2015 18:36 (eight years ago) link
I have followed ppl and unfollowed them if I see they aren't tweeting much/at all - need #content
― xyzzzz__, Tuesday, 9 June 2015 18:36 (eight years ago) link
I don't think I ever unfollow for lack of content. How would I know? I'd never see them tweet.
Now, too much bad content... unfollow immediately
― ultimate american sock (mh), Tuesday, 9 June 2015 18:39 (eight years ago) link
i use a tool occasionally to unfollow inactive accounts otherwise i wild be following like ten million
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 9 June 2015 18:43 (eight years ago) link
nagl to follow too many accounts but i don't care i live life dangerously
― 龜, Tuesday, 9 June 2015 19:01 (eight years ago) link
i respect that, i try to keep it under 1000
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 9 June 2015 19:06 (eight years ago) link
I have 100 accounts, all of which just follow lag∞n
― ultimate american sock (mh), Tuesday, 9 June 2015 19:30 (eight years ago) link
appreciate yr support
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 9 June 2015 19:32 (eight years ago) link
yolo twitterism
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Tuesday, 9 June 2015 20:14 (eight years ago) link
unfollowing everybody but allowing DMs seems like the new thing
― transparent play for gifs (Tracer Hand), Tuesday, 9 June 2015 20:30 (eight years ago) link
unfollowing but keeping lists, like tv channels, is a thing i've seen a lot of people do
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Tuesday, 9 June 2015 20:56 (eight years ago) link
wait you can have ppl on lists but not follow them? mind blown
― ultimate american sock (mh), Tuesday, 9 June 2015 23:46 (eight years ago) link
following lagoon is my lazy way of following 1000 accounts
― rip van wanko, Tuesday, 9 June 2015 23:50 (eight years ago) link
love too RT
― lag∞n, Wednesday, 10 June 2015 00:12 (eight years ago) link
i follow thousands of people. it's not generally advisable but i like just getting a big mess of voices in my feed and occasionally taking out ones that show themselves to be not worth the trouble.
― fetty wap, kombucha, where to trap queen (some dude), Wednesday, 10 June 2015 01:15 (eight years ago) link
slurping down fly soup but still pausing to remove an errant hair
― tender is the late-night daypart (schlump), Wednesday, 10 June 2015 01:49 (eight years ago) link
nah i like most of the people i follow. there's lot of good people on the internet! it's a lot easier to curate your company on twitter than on say (cough cough) ilx.
― fetty wap, kombucha, where to trap queen (some dude), Wednesday, 10 June 2015 02:24 (eight years ago) link
Truth
― Jeff, Wednesday, 10 June 2015 03:43 (eight years ago) link
yeah following tons of people is the best
― polyphonic, Wednesday, 10 June 2015 04:07 (eight years ago) link
so tired of people tweeting about how they're so tired of things
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 10 June 2015 23:14 (eight years ago) link
^^^ tired af
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Thursday, 11 June 2015 03:40 (eight years ago) link
tired of listening to gossipgossip and complaints
― example (crüt), Thursday, 11 June 2015 06:26 (eight years ago) link
if deray was the only person on twitter it would still be the best social network
― The Reverend, Thursday, 11 June 2015 07:00 (eight years ago) link
I am only 2 degrees of separation from Deray IRL and that makes me inordinately happy
― not a garbageman, i am garbage, man (m bison), Thursday, 11 June 2015 13:25 (eight years ago) link
if you had to pick one account to make an argument for twitter being a meaningful and useful medium it would be his yeah
― lag∞n, Thursday, 11 June 2015 14:08 (eight years ago) link