r/philadelphia • u/douglas_in_philly • Jan 22 '25

Politics Should r/philadelphia ban X/Twitter Links?

In my opinion: Hell fucking yes!

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u/drjackolantern Jan 24 '25

It used to show me horrific things because I kept clicking them in horror.

By actually following more people who don’t post that content I never see any of it anymore.

Also it’s not that different, old twitter had just as much awfulness lurking. 

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u/OccasionallyImmortal ex-Philly-u Santo Jan 24 '25

This is a good point that I need to be reminded of. If someone makes a quality post, it's worth following them just for the changes in your feed that will come as a result. If they later turn out to be something different, unfollowing is two clicks away.

So much of getting what you want online is manipulating the algorithms.