Wednesday, January 28, 2015

Wanted: a better Twitter filter to mute the echo chamber


Yesterday's weather forecast for my Twitter feed called for a 50 percent chance of moaning New Yorkers. It’s my own fault, my chosen profession requires that I follow the media elite, many of whom reside in Gotham. Still, I could have probably whittled those annoyances back to about 20 percent of my feed if only Twitter allowed for some temporary keyword filtering on topics like "snow," "Juno," and "blizzard."



If I follow you on Twitter it’s because I’m genuinely interested in what you — person or #brand — have to say. I don’t follow accounts out of professional or even friendly courtesy, and certainly not as an...


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