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  1. I am currently extremely disappointed by my whole @twitter experience: too much noise, the interesting content is buried below the screams of angry people, I also spend too much time here. I wonder if anyone has any advice to share? Thank you!
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    1. …in reply to @simardcasanova
      Update: still working on deactivating retweets, as it has to be done account by account. I also decided to use Twitter less as an information hub, and more as a conversational tool. Let’s see how I will do this.
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      1. …in reply to @simardcasanova
        I subscribed to a lot of accounts I previously followed but where buried under the noise in News Explorer, a RSS reader. The idea is: if I want to follow an account, I need to have some kind of exhaustive list of what it’s tweeted.
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          (It means I have unfollowed accounts on Twitter but still continues to follow them on News Explorer.)
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          1. …in reply to @simardcasanova
            Also: News Explorer allows to deactivate retweets, so I also deactivated them there. (Only drawback is it’s an all or nothing option, there’s no way to activa retweets on a per account basis. But that’s manageable. @elemanssoftware)
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    2. …in reply to @simardcasanova
      Update: I started to deactivate retweets, and it already improved my feed. I’ve read somewhere that RT tends to spread anger, maybe it’s why. I also decided not to RT anything anymore, unless I have substantial value to add. My Twitter experience needs to be more meaningful.
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      1. …in reply to @simardcasanova
        I’ll also probably unfollow a bunch of persons, and will reorganize my followings into lists. Not sure how though.
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    3. …in reply to @simardcasanova
      Some thoughts here, at first for people who are experts but it may also more broadly (in a nutshell: instant *block* rude people, wether they’re trolls or not) @radiofreetom/1020878124026925056?s=21
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      1. …in reply to @simardcasanova
        Some more thoughts on the very same advices by @Noahpinion. He’s right that blocking (not muting, blocking) is a moderation tool. @noahpinion/1021107687860273152?s=21
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        1. …in reply to @simardcasanova
          (But to be honest, the differences between blocking and muting is not always clear, especially in the details.)
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