Ask HN: What words do you mute on Twitter / X?

2 points·rollinDyno··7 comments

Methinks, besmirch, slanderous, ad hominem, fursuit

Israel, Palestine, Kamala, Walz, Biden, Crypto, Langchain, Blockchain, Democrats, BTS

I'm just sick and tired of hearing about these topics.

I asked because I'm building my own mute list. I realized that I'm spending too much time consuming these news on Twitter and I'd rather stay informed from better quality sources.

The list I have come up with so far is: @AOC, AOC, @KamalaHarris, Harris, Buttigieg, Milei, Putin, @nytimes, Headline, Washington, Governor, Israel, Iran, Conservative, Liberal, New York Times, Kennedy, Socialism, Communism, Musk, Elon, Biden, Obama, Clinton, Primary, GOP, Republican, Democrat, Tankie, Libertarian, Poll, Walz, Kamala, Vance, Trump.

If you are taking any terms from my list (or are already muting them), please do not completely tune out of US politics. It is very valid to decide that the cultural wars going on Twitter/X are purely noise, but it is a big mistake to think that because most loud people can only engage on a gaseous level, then public policies (and by consequence elections) do not matter and are not relevant in your lives.

I like that your list filters out people dunking on communist tankies but does not filter out communist tankies complaining about capitalism

I built the list while scrolling on my feed so if you knew me it would make sense that I haven't felt the need to mute tankies.

> BTS

The band [1]?

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BTS

yes I find the crowd behind them to be obnoxious and overwhelmingly skewed towards one side of the political spectrum.

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