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Jul 11, 2022Liked by πŸ…ŸπŸ…πŸ…€πŸ…› πŸ…œπŸ…πŸ…’πŸ…šπŸ…ž

Spot on, I've been using lists for years and I'm using them more often to avoid some of the noise in Main. Good stuff.

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Not sure why it is not popular. It makes Twitter a great resource. Thanks for the comment, Mark!

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Jul 11, 2022Liked by πŸ…ŸπŸ…πŸ…€πŸ…› πŸ…œπŸ…πŸ…’πŸ…šπŸ…ž

Yeah. I've found that building your own lists can be cumbersome. Also, some people refuse to be included on public lists.

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Jul 19, 2022Liked by πŸ…ŸπŸ…πŸ…€πŸ…› πŸ…œπŸ…πŸ…’πŸ…šπŸ…ž

This sounds like an excellent idea. Paul, as usual, you are bubbling over with creative solutions to help people thrive in a digital environment.

Since your article refers to twitter, I thought I'd mention my broken relationship with Twitter. I apologize as this is off topic.

I posted a message on Twitter which harshly criticized doctors who had administered testosterone blockers to pre-pubescent male to female transgendered patients.

I did not advocate violence, I did use hate speech, and I did not advocate breaking any laws.

However, Twitter barred me from further use of Twitter. Twitter offered to let me return provided that I renounced my views.

So apparently Twitter wants to play a little game in which they ape the antics of the Peoples Republic of China, and I sheepishly repent, like a bourgeois decadent in a re-education camp.

I told Twitter: Nothing Doing.

By the way: I have no bias against Transgendered people or gay people. I am gay. However, I think that a lot of people who are gung ho about transgenderism don't know what they are talking about. I have no time to go into the specifics,

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Jul 12, 2022Liked by πŸ…ŸπŸ…πŸ…€πŸ…› πŸ…œπŸ…πŸ…’πŸ…šπŸ…ž

Anymore, I feel like Lists should be the default option while using Twitter; it makes the experience 10x better (and efficient!).

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Great suggestion, and I agree with Mark that Twitter's execution of the Lists leaves a lot to be desired. On mobile, I've finally got a decent "daily" list of friends and must-reads that I can have in a "tab" at the top of the app, but on desktop, I believe I still have to click way down to get to my lists. It's almost like they want us stuck with whatever they shovel into the funnel down our gullets!

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I think you're right about that. That's why I make my own pages like https://linkjuice.ca

I may do a tutorial on how to make those pages. Thanks for commenting, Matt!

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