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Comment by arnvald | Hacker News Reader

To me the worst part is not even the feed (I can use “following” tab) but the replies. I often used to look at single threads to see replies there. Since they started prioritizing replies from premium users it turned into cesspool and I eventually stopped using X altogether

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I did the same, very quickly. I'm now on BlueSky and it's exactly like pre-Musk Twitter.

Bluesky doesn't have contact import yet (or I didn't see it). Are there any good lists for techie/nerd content? I really miss my old Twitter feed but most people I followed switched to Bluesky and it's a lot of manual work to find people again.

Here you go: https://goodfeeds.co/search?q=tech

> started prioritizing replies from premium users

And often non-premium users are simply flagged as spam and hidden.

Which actually means that if Elon removes your blue checkmark (as happened recently with Asmongold) then it is akin to a shadowban.

You can change how replies are sorted for you via a button on the top right, but you have to change it every time you open some replies.

The problem comes from the default sort order shown to everyone though, not just you as you're reading it.

It's a de facto entry level advertising tier for the worst products and the worst takes. Everything on the platform is an ad impression.

Yup, so short-sighted. Probably boosted numbers when lots of trolls bought premium to be noticed (where their obnoxious replies normally would land in the bottom with no views), but in the end I got so tired of the hostile environment that I just stopped using it.

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