I use lists for people like that, but I don't follow them.
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megan walker - Jul 29, 2013 8:47:06 am PDT #22809 of 25496
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
Typo Boy - Jul 29, 2013 9:03:39 am PDT #22810 of 25496
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.
So if you put somebody on a list but do not follow them, then you don't see them in your regular feed, only when you go to the lists?
le nubian - Jul 29, 2013 9:08:14 am PDT #22811 of 25496
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
yes. this helps me manage my twitter feed. I have about 2-3 fast moving lists and I check in on them when I get a chance.
le nubian - Jul 29, 2013 9:08:58 am PDT #22812 of 25496
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
there are a couple of people who I follow, but I permanently have them muted. They are a courtesy follow, but their feeds are a bunch of trash I don't care about.
megan walker - Jul 29, 2013 9:18:40 am PDT #22813 of 25496
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
So if you put somebody on a list but do not follow them, then you don't see them in your regular feed, only when you go to the lists?
Yes, exactly. I do this especially for politics & news that would otherwise clog my feed, or for tweets where I want to read everything together, for example, I have a separate list just for @RealTimeWWII.
megan walker - Jul 29, 2013 9:22:42 am PDT #22814 of 25496
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
I don't "follow" that many people I wouldn't have actual conversations with, but I might have them on a list.
javachik - Jul 29, 2013 9:27:34 am PDT #22815 of 25496
Our wings are not tired.
I don't "follow" that many people I wouldn't have actual conversations with, but I might have them on a list.
This. If I can imagine a scenario where a conversation, or even where I'd want to use DMs, then I follow. If not, they're on a list. I have fun lists like "Survivor" where I follow the CBS Survivor cast (past and present), as an example.
javachik - Jul 29, 2013 9:35:30 am PDT #22816 of 25496
Our wings are not tired.
javachik - Jul 29, 2013 9:35:59 am PDT #22817 of 25496
Our wings are not tired.
Sorry - wrong thread!
tommyrot - Jul 30, 2013 6:04:37 am PDT #22818 of 25496
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
So, Comcast speed stuff:
I got a letter from Comcast saying they had increased their data speeds, and that I'd need to get a new cable modem with DOCSIS 3.0 to take advantage of it. So I did that. Using the old modem I got a speed of 24.5 Mbps, and with the new modem the speed went up to 27.5 Mbps. That's an increase of less than 10%.
Apparently, people on Comcast's Blast! plan saw their speeds increase from 25Mbps to 50 Mbps, and the Performance plan saw speeds go up 60%. Anybody use either of these plans? I didn't know they existed until now.
When I installed a new high-def cable box, Comcast had trouble activating it, as they said the signal was weak. I wonder if that's holding my speed back.