.”Accept cookies
Improper use of Twitter: domination is not allowed
Herman Couwenbergh, the brain behind the Dutch Twittermania, also sheds his clear light on this improper use of Twitter in a blog post : “A 'trend' that I fortunately haven't encountered in my timeline yet is the 'Tweetstorm' […] It spams your entire timeline with tweets and completely dominates it. Personally, I would click 'unfollow' at tweet 2 or 3, but apparently not everyone does that.”
Valuable insights
Personally, I read Andreessen's Tweetstorms with great interest. I also read the Tweetstorms of his colleague Balaji S. Srinivasan with great pleasure. They are valuable insights that give me access to the people who are changing the world from Silicon Valley. The many comments on all these tweets also sharpen my thoughts even more. For me, therefore, absolutely no pollution of my Twitter timeline, but a more than welcome addition to the chatter that I frequently see passing by.
Mute the chatter
Coincidentally, Twitter announced this week that they are now offering a mute function . From now on, it is possible to turn off the chatter of certain individuals. Thanks to this function, their annoying tweets can no longer plague your retina.
People who are muted do not notice this themselves. They cannot see armenia mobile phone number list whether their messages reach you. These “mutes” also retain the ability to see, retweet and respond to your tweets. The mute does not work the same as the well-known unfollow. According to Twitter, this personal censorship button improves your experience on the platform.
I doubt.
The danger is that everyone on Twitter is creating their own digital echo chamber. It is Eli Pariser's Filter Bubble that is made possible by this. In this way, people only have to see, read and hear what they find interesting. We hermetically exclude serendipity .
Fingers in your ears!
Brechtje de Leij, CEO of nu.nl, also has her doubts about this new mute functionality. In a tweet she says the following: “Twitter's mute function. As if you stay with annoying uninteresting people IRL but then put your fingers in your ears.” And she is right.
Immersion is good
For me, Twitter is such a powerful tool because you can immerse yourself in a maelstrom of both interesting and uninteresting thoughts, with or without a counter. Soon this will no longer be possible. Then you will only see your own tweets passing by. A kind of Twitter Selfie, but different.