Re:Twitter set to accept Musk's $43B offer – sources
by tensor on Monday April 25, 2022 @04:37PM
(#31160271)
Mine is this, if you want twitter blue to be at all appealing, make it so that you can eliminate all ads, including promoted tweets. Getting rid of ads is my #1 ask. I'd pay for it.
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Re:Twitter set to accept Musk's $43B offer – sources
by astrange on Monday April 25, 2022 @09:11PM
(#31162867)
Twitter ads are so poorly targeted you're missing out on entertainment by not seeing them. Half of mine are pharmaceutical presentations for things I can't pronounce, and the other half are the official Microsoft account posting about anime for some reason.
They also let you block advertisers for some reason.
Re:Twitter set to accept Musk's $43B offer – sources
by stjohnswarts on Monday April 25, 2022 @05:21PM
(#31160789)
Install an adblocker. I literally never see ads on twitter...
Re:Twitter set to accept Musk's $43B offer – sources
by tensor on Monday April 25, 2022 @06:00PM
(#31161289)
Harder to do on mobile.
Re:Twitter set to accept Musk's $43B offer – sources
by nmeagent on Wednesday April 27, 2022 @08:56PM
(#31187674)
Strangely enough, you can actually block the corporate accounts associated with sponsored tweets. I used to do this consistently on general principle before ultimately canceling my account. After awhile, the ads I did see (from as-of-yet unblocked accounts) became more and more exotic. It seemed like they were less frequent as well, though I could definitely have been imagining that.
Re:Twitter set to accept Musk's $43B offer – sources
by davidcbc on Monday April 25, 2022 @07:21PM
(#31162133)
Use Tweetbot if you're on iOS. $6 a year for a chronological feed that never tries to switch you to the algorithmic feed and no ads.
The last time the Twitter iOS app tried to force me into the algorithmic feed it was the straw that broke the camels back and I switched.