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Re:Ask HN: How do I expand my worldview and meet smart peopl... by Aromasin on Wednesday August 31, 2022 @03:26PM (#32667112)
To piggy back on the optimising twitter comment, does anyone know how to disable recommended content on Twitter? I keep getting people telling me that I'm missing out, and I've fine tuned my feed so it's a bunch of scientists and engineers who's work I'm interested in, but Twitter keeps giving me content from people they follow, or popular topics. It seems every third tweet is something I simply have zero interest in. Is it really that valuable?
Re:Ask HN: How do I expand my worldview and meet smart peopl... by fold3 on Thursday September 01, 2022 @02:35AM (#32672781)
you could use a third-party client like fritter[0] for android or cawbird[1] for linux, then you'll just get a traditional feed much like a rss feed with no ads. If you happen to use an old machine it will run much faster too

There should be some for macos and windows but I haven't looked it up yet

[0]https://fritter.cc/ [1]https://flathub.org/apps/details/uk.co.ibboard.cawbird

Re:Ask HN: How do I expand my worldview and meet smart peopl... by jesterson on Thursday September 01, 2022 @12:52AM (#32672150)
Last time I checked there was absolutely no way for it. They want to keep users stick to screen, no choice for it.