![]() ![]() Do you know what can be even more annoying? Multiple tweets from the one Twitter chat over a small amount of time. To do this select the ‘i’ beside your username, choose ‘Mute’ then hit ‘New item’ under ‘User’.ĭo you know what can be annoying? Twitter chats. To shut certain people up without hurting their feelings simply mute them in Echofon. Have you ever hid a friend on Facebook as you were sick of what they were saying because you know you couldn’t unfriend them? Since Twitter doesn’t offer you the same functionality, have you been hesitant from unfollowing a friend on Twitter for the same reasons because you’re afraid they’ll find out you stopped following them? Using Echofon, you don’t need to worry about that thanks to the ‘Mute’ function. I just really like their app and its functions and think more people should use it.) 1. (Before I continue I’d like to state that I don’t know anybody in Echofon, I’m not being paid to write this post and I don’t owe them a favour. So below are ten reasons why you should be using it. ![]() So much so that I feel compelled to get others to use it, hence the penning of this post. I also gave Tweetcaster a go along with Tweetbot, while I tried the official Twitter app out for a while too.īut Echofon, the app I’ve used for the last couple of years, is by far the best Twitter app I’ve ever used. I then moved on to Twitterific which I used for a couple of years. Over the years I’ve used lots of different Twitter apps on my phone (iPhone in case you were wondering). My original app of choice was Tweetdeck, but then they gave their app an overhaul and the end was result was horrible. It's your ego being in the way, caring more about being right than doing good.Echofon – the best Twitter app for iPhone/Android there is If I had to guess, that would be because it's not effective at all, maybe even detrimental to what you're fighting for. They all objectively do more than me, and yet not a single one of them wasted time trying to shame me because I "didn't do enough". I've met a lot of wonderful people that do lots of things to help other people, and try generally to improve the world in their own way. I do not feel any shame about it, just like I don't feel any shame because I don't contribute to most software that I use, or that I don't help every single person that is going through a hard time. Meta commentary about the platform or the owner is noise to me. I'm on twitter because some people that I follow and some friends are on twitter, and I want to see what they say. Silencing of journalists, banning accounts for saying mastodon, for saying anything negative about tesla or criticizing Musk in any way is a net positive to my twitter experience. Even if it is only specific third-party clients - then even the job of searching for and finding a different client is more effort than I want to put towards this site and its new ownership. With a client app you never saw people you didn't follow anyway, and so as long as it's more effort to leave than stay. I've been using third-party clients for over a decade, every time I've had to use the site directly it has been a nightmare. I've not had an actual reason to physically move over yet though forced to use the site would be that. Meanwhile I've collected lists and screenshots of where the people leaving said they were going. Despite yours, and apparently the new owner's perspective, not everyone on twitter talks about or cares much for Tesla and metadrama, it's the people we follow, and how.īut half of my timeline, and most of my colleagues have left, the only thing that has kept me on so far is that the Tapbots Mastodon app isn't ready yet, because I like their UIs. Yes, if this inconvenience is the case, this is definitely the last straw. Good job, Twitter quitters! Welcome to the club. We live in an age where it's impossible to live an ethically pure life, so I'm happy to celebrate steps forward as people take them. If this disruption to their usual method of consumption is what pushes them over the line, great. ![]() It's not only unsurprising to me that some take longer to quit than others, that's part of what made me leave: to undermine, ever so slightly, the rewards for staying. Most people stayed either because they decided Twitter was a net positive for them or because Twitter is a habit-forming drug, or a bit of both. There have always been reasons to quit Twitter and reasons to stay. Ultimately, I just couldn't stomach supporting Musk by continuing to view ads, contribute content, and give people positive feedback (via likes and retweets) that helped them stay: īut I don't think that people who stayed are necessarily morally defective.
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