Tag: twitter
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Twelve on Twitter
Twitter helped learn a lot of things despite aggressively pushing its preferences at times. This post is my tribute to Twitter. Read more
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Turning off top Tweets on twitter.com
The first thing I noticed with Twitter.com’s redesign is that the algorithmic timeline (aka top Tweets) is set as the default. A few days ago I wasted some time looking to change this setting in the More > Settings and privacy page. I couldn’t find it there. I then googled, but still couldn’t find the answer. I googled again today… Read more
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Twitter’s half-truth about its app settings
Bill Bennett, a local technology journalist I respect, tweeted a CNN Business article about Twitter’s overzealous algorithm. That article quoted a Twitter spokesperson: … We will continue to work to improve our efforts here, and people always have the option of turning off our curation if they just want to see content from the people they follow. This quote is… Read more
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Twitter is changing my timeline preferences
Recently I wrote about how I reduced the noise on my Twitter timeline by changing the default timeline preference from top tweets to the latest tweets. Since then I noticed that from time to time my timeline preference is falling back to top tweets without my intervention. But I wasn’t totally sure because I did not think Twitter may be… Read more
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Do you remember when you joined Twitter? I do! #MyTwitterAnniversary
Do you remember when you joined Twitter? I do! This month, ten years ago! I am celebrating by blogging about it 😀 Read more
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There are no finish lines
I chanced upon a great quote today. There are no finish lines. It made prefect sense. This is something I keep in my mind with everything I do. My relationships, friendships, habits, and principles are all for my life. There are no finish lines. In the other news, I tried to keep quiet in Twitter and Facebook but I soon realized… Read more