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Re:Twitter is at its best when verified accounts can’t tweet by patwolf on Thursday July 16, 2020 @11:27AM (#23859954)
One thing I've noticed is that the app periodically switches my preference from "Latest tweets" back to "Top tweets". I'm not sure if it's just a bug, but I wouldn't be surprised if that behavior was intentional.
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Re:Twitter is at its best when verified accounts can’t tweet by inetknght on Thursday July 16, 2020 @11:37AM (#23860057)
It happens on a lot of social media where there's a sort by "top" vs "newest". It's a dark pattern and I'm convinced it's both intentional and cargo-culted. I recall having the issue with Facebook about a decade ago when they first rolled out "top" posts in favor of newest.
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Re:Twitter is at its best when verified accounts can’t tweet by noah_buddy on Thursday July 16, 2020 @01:55PM (#23861694)
It is intentional and if you look on the app when you're switching between the two it even says "We'll switch you back to top tweets after a little while" or something along those lines. True jerk design.
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Re:Twitter is at its best when verified accounts can’t tweet by matthewheath on Thursday July 16, 2020 @11:44AM (#23860136)
I believe this is intentional.
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