It turns out what people really like impulsively sharing is stuff that makes them angry.
This user can no longer toss trash into your timeline. Well, they can, but they have to actually type that trash out—they just can’t propel it to your timeline by hitting a single button. Believe me: This can help a lot.I muted all retweets from my timeline months ago. It’s been nice. For one thing it’s just a lot easier to keep up with my timeline, because I’m only seeing things written by the people I follow. But I also find there’s a lot less to be mad about.
It won’t work this way for everyone, but it worked for me. Which makes sense: It’s very easy to quickly retweet something that makes you mad, or makes you feel self-righteous about being mad. The retweet button allows you to do this impulsively, without thinking, whereas to write a tweet you need to think things through at least a little.
Which isn’t to say I didn’t miss anything—I probably did. A lot of my friends are writers, and they might have retweeted people talking about their articles. I probably missed some funny jokes. And some people use the retweet button to boost the voices of people who aren’t otherwise well represented. If more of the retweets I saw day-to-day were like that, I’d probably never consider blocking retweets.
Having said all that, I’m happy with the change. My timeline feels less cluttered, is faster to get through, and generally causes me less stress. Try it out for yourself.
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