I make a new Twitter account every time I realize I'm stuck in the same thought loops every day with the same timeline. And every time it's pretty annoying to restart from scratch.
I'll pick a couple accounts to start off the timeline and then autofollow Twitter's "follow these 7 ppl too" recommendation, but I often start following the similar accounts every time.
I'd like an easy way to try out completely different feeds without having to know ahead of time who I want to seed it with.
I want a button on each user (that opts in) that allows me to see their feed just as they do. A read-only impersonation. When I see a take that I wildly disagree with I frequently wonder what set of views of the world they are operating from. This feature would help look at the world from behind the eyes of those I need to learn from the most: those that seem to live in a different one.
A starter pack in comparison is a one-click embubbler. We need better bubble explorers and comparers. Like "Grok, me and @joe disagree on <topic-x>. Compare the relevant items in each of our feeds and summarize the difference in values, facts and sources that we consume."
The bluesky transfer extension helps a lot as well, helps you find the same users you follow on twitter on bluesky. https://www.sky-follower-bridge.dev/
Sorry we were just told that Threads is quickly catching up to X in terms of users and that Bluesky is a flat line at the bottom of the graph compared to them [1]
Sounds like a form of social proof combined with low friction following? Authors say it creates a "rich get richer" dynamic. Also I wonder if there's a long-term risk that it creates a "everyone follows the same people" effect which may decrease delight, plus decrease chance of random jackpot posts that come out of nowhere and hook everyone for a day. If I've diagnosed correctly then I'm sure that Bluesky has figured out answers to these but I'm not sure how.
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I'll pick a couple accounts to start off the timeline and then autofollow Twitter's "follow these 7 ppl too" recommendation, but I often start following the similar accounts every time.
I'd like an easy way to try out completely different feeds without having to know ahead of time who I want to seed it with.
A starter pack in comparison is a one-click embubbler. We need better bubble explorers and comparers. Like "Grok, me and @joe disagree on <topic-x>. Compare the relevant items in each of our feeds and summarize the difference in values, facts and sources that we consume."
OT but I must be a weirdo because I just don’t get any satisfaction out of these apps.
I just don’t give that much of a shit about what other people think or say.
HN is enough for me lol.
[1] https://techcrunch.com/2025/07/07/threads-is-nearing-xs-dail...