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Comment by iikoolpp | Hacker News Reader

For 1 and 2, simply set your timeline to "latest tweets".

For 3, sometimes people simply need to be made fun of. The QRT is a great way of achieving this.

Setting my timeline to “Latest Tweets” works only for that session. So add that to the list of shitty “features” that the OP peeled off — the fact that I now have to take action to use Twitter as a chronilogical feed.

I've had it be persistent ever since it was introduced.

Obviously 3 is effective at what it does but it's basically the definition of putting someone on blast in front of millions of people. It's bullying on a supermassive scale.

- For every bad person that's had their terrible opinions aired in public there's a right wing talk-show host that users RTs to ruin the lives some small time LGBT podcaster or youtuber with their fanbase.

- If the person is big enough to take the heat you've just given them an even bigger platform for their ideas.

- In general I don't think anyone deserves this even if their views are shitty.

> - For every bad person that's had their terrible opinions aired in public there's a right wing talk-show host that users RTs to ruin the lives some small time LGBT podcaster or youtuber with their fanbase.

I agree with using it for the first, but disagree with using it for the second, and as such those people should be banned! A rather simple solution.

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