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Re:Twitter confirms Twitter Blue by 29_29 on Friday May 28, 2021 @01:21PM (#27318098)
> This is self inflicted.

Not totally accurate. I have a highly curated twitter made up of finance and tech yet the suggested trends are HORRIBLE. Wonderful topics such as "Nazis", "RacistSoAndSo", "JimCrow", "UncleTom" etc etc etc.

Its a black hole, pile on of hate. I call it the trending two minutes of hate; and its built in with no way of turning it off.

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Re:Twitter confirms Twitter Blue by okwubodu on Friday May 28, 2021 @04:46PM (#27320270)
That’s strange. My current suggested trends are “Future Hendrix” (rapper), “Kanye”, and “No Way Home” (the Spider-Man movie).

If I had to guess I’d say it goes off what your following is interacting with/talking about at the moment. I notice they get more negative when my timeline is talking about something more controversial.

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Re:Twitter confirms Twitter Blue by oneeyedpigeon on Friday May 28, 2021 @02:20PM (#27318775)
It's much better if you train yourself to ignore that sidebar. I'm sure with the right plugin you could just hide it permanently via css if it's distracting.
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