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soupsoup: There is a tumblarity style revolt on twitter over the fact that they decided to block any messages where someone references another person you’re not following on twitter. So if you tweet about @davidkarp and I don’t follow David, that message never appears on my twitter feed. Folks are upset because they feel they get a lot out of these third party conversations. If these conversations were meant to be private, there is the direct message option. Via Soup Zoom

soupsoup:

There is a tumblarity style revolt on twitter over the fact that they decided to block any messages where someone references another person you’re not following on twitter.

So if you tweet about @davidkarp and I don’t follow David, that message never appears on my twitter feed.

Folks are upset because they feel they get a lot out of these third party conversations. If these conversations were meant to be private, there is the direct message option.


  1. tackazvezda reblogged this from mikehudack
  2. miltnr reblogged this from peterfeld and added:
    I just love a man who...use analogy signs properly. The third grade Word Masters medal...
  3. markbean reblogged this from mikehudack and added:
    I’m guessing it’s database scaling issues. Twitter sucks.
  4. rohanpinto reblogged this from soupsoup
  5. whitneymcn reblogged this from mikehudack and added:
    While I think that this change was not a good idea, it’s interesting to think about it in the context of the recent...
  6. tanya77 reblogged this from mikehudack and added:
    That’s ridiculous. Seeing those third party responses is one of the main ways people discover new people to follow....
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  8. wiesen reblogged this from peterfeld and added:
    The notion that conversations on twitter are private is ludicrous on its face, so I’m not sure what end is served here.
  9. peterfeld reblogged this from soupsoup and added:
    spring when social media...commit suicide, all
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  12. stephaniewei reblogged this from soupsoup and added:
    incredibly annoying (already)....give it three days ‘til Twitter dumps this new “feature.”
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