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I've done this by following a small amount of people and being extremely judicious in adding new ones (and quick to remove them: there are a couple writers I enjoy that do nothing but shitpost about politics on Twitter). I will say that my approach has the downside of being very low-volume though

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Up until 2015 I had a wonderfully curated comedy Twitter created in this manner. It was selected from the set of my favorite comedians, actors, writers, and internet people with particular focus towards those who posted humorous or insightful things on a regular basis.

Then 2016 happened and the greater half decided they were really closet political pundits all along. Now I don't read Twitter at all.

Comedy writes itself these days. That's why comedians had to find something else to do. You just can't compete with reality when whole continents are run by clowns.

That's exactly why the "mute words" feature is great. Everybody you want to follow on Twitter is going to retweet some political trash sometimes. Curating the people you follow can't fix this, but "mute words" can.

Mine is actually fairly political (lots of economists). I can see how my comment was misleading, but it's the shitposting I mind, not the politics. People like Noah Smith write decent columns but consistently embarrass themselves on Twitter with low-effort dishonest nonsense.

I've done the same thing. And I agree it is low-volume, but I have come to the conclusion that it isn't so bad to be a little "bored" and not get lost in twitter rabbit holes.

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