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In response to "How? Unless people you follow retweet it, which sounds like a problem with the people you follow. -- nm" by spamlet

Feeds show tweets from accounts followed by accounts you follow. Follow a politician or someone who studies extremism and you'll see

Posted by TWuG Dec 9 '22, 10:05

Plenty of content you didn't choose to see.

Also, "Oh you follow someone who studies extremism? Here are a bunch of tweets by extremists we think you might enjoy!"

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I believe this is only if you have it set to 'Home' and not 'Show Latest Tweets First' -- (edited) - decline Dec 9, 10:12 1
- It occasionally reverts for no reason, but I'm always on latest. -- nm - TWuG Dec 9, 10:16
And I'd note that I'm not following anybody new so the nature of these is changing. They presumably don't show every tweet by a follow of some I - pmb Dec 9, 10:08 1
- Yep. I'm seeing a LOT more sponsored and boosted content, too. This happened at Facebook, too, as their user base started to decline. - TWuG Dec 9, 10:12
Ok. I never use the website just a third party app that takes out all that stuff. -- nm - spamlet Dec 9, 10:06

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Feeds show tweets from accounts followed by accounts you follow. Follow a politician or someone who studies extremism and you'll see

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