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Re:Twitter makes it harder to choose the old reverse-chronol... by SECProto on Friday March 11, 2022 @11:47AM (#30642236)
Caveat: I immediately block anyone who adds me to a list (it's only happened 3 or 4 times and it seems spammy). And I've seen a number of other accounts with "don't add me to lists" or equivalent in their bio.
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Re:Twitter makes it harder to choose the old reverse-chronol... by thrower123 on Friday March 11, 2022 @11:50AM (#30642292)
There's a difference between private and public lists. As far as I'm aware, adding someone to a private list does not notify them that they've been added, it just give you a filter and the chronological view of tweets from people you add to the list.
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Re:Twitter makes it harder to choose the old reverse-chronol... by SECProto on Friday March 11, 2022 @12:00PM (#30642503)
Ah, that could very well be. As I don't use lists (I just sort my feed by chronological), my only connection with lists has been when I've received notifications of being added to them
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Re:Twitter makes it harder to choose the old reverse-chronol... by drdec on Friday March 11, 2022 @01:43PM (#30644218)
Genuine question - why do you block people who are you to lists?

I'm a relatively new Twitter user and I've been making heavy use of the list functionality. So what's the down side?

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Re:Twitter makes it harder to choose the old reverse-chronol... by akuchling on Friday March 11, 2022 @05:24PM (#30646788)
Some trolls use the functionality for harassment: "here's a list of SJWs you can tweet abuse at." https://www.cnbc.com/2019/06/07/how-trolls-use-twitter-lists...
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Re:Twitter makes it harder to choose the old reverse-chronol... by Sunspark on Friday March 11, 2022 @02:40PM (#30645035)
Interesting that you are so opposed to it. I like lists because it lets me follow topics without having to "follow" an individual, or just to have a subject-matter-focused feed without having to sort through the messy mishmash that is the main one.

In fact, I don't even look at the main feed. I only look at my lists.

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