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Re:On Using Twitter by justinzollars on Friday August 07, 2020 @06:11PM (#24086944)
> Later on I unfollowed 90% accounts and stuck to those accounts which strictly tweets only about programming, math, history and other such stuffs in robotic manner (I.e. without any hidden agenda or connotations). I unfollowed everyone who have even a slightest chance of tweeting about politics. Also I stopped tweeting and replying to anybody.

I bet you still see politics trending every day in the "Whats Happening" Section. It feels like Engineers at Twitter are working overtime to promote their political agendas, and don't care that some people may not be interested in politics, or their opinions. I deleted my twitter for this reason.

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Re:On Using Twitter by renewiltord on Friday August 07, 2020 @07:31PM (#24087495)
Honestly, the real danger on the Internet isn't ads. It's these little attention boxes. I block this. I block the stackexchange questions. I block everything. Otherwise I click everything,.
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Re:On Using Twitter by anthk on Saturday August 08, 2020 @08:01AM (#24090958)
Check RSS'. I use sfeed + sfeed_curses, and Dillo as a browser. No ads, no alerts, no crap.

Also, check gopher too. You can check out HN thru gopher://hngopher.com and avoid commenting, just lurking out the post and the comments. Use lynx, or better, sacc. That way youl'll avoid all the attention traps.

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