Sometimes twitter interactions make me incredibly tired. I get pulled into or @’d into convos I wasn’t following, or part of and someone thought I *might* have something to say about whatever the topic is. Spoiler: 99.9% of the time I don’t have anything to say, or I don’t care. If I cared, I’d actually participate in the conversation of my own gumption and free will.

One thing I’ve noticed is people dog whistling others into conversations, or retweets about THING, where THING = any topic the person pulling others into the chain feels strongly about, wants some kind of response, etc. Maybe this is something people do all the time but it’s a recent development for me.

I loathe it, I usually ignore it, mute the offending person and move on. But lately it’s happening more and more. Even where a person I have blocked has managed to tag me into a chain convo about something. I don’t even know what they started in on, but now I’m getting out of sequence tweets for some conversation I did not consent to being in. I also thought once you blocked someone, they couldn’t @ you. :/ but I digress, I’m tired and annoyed.

So this is my wishlist of twitter features I’d love, love, love to have

  • Once you mute someone they can’t @ you
  • Once you block/mute someone, they can’t @ you and replies where others @ you and a blocked/muted person is in the reply chain; then you can’t be tagged in with an @
  • If you are not mutual followers, you cannot @ someone
  • Asynchronous unfollow mechanism where if I unfollow you, it forces you to unfollow me.
  • Blocking means you can’t find that person/they can’t find you and it’s like on Facebook where neither person can find the other once the block is on
  •  If you are not mutuals with everyone in a group retweet then you can’t be @’d by anyone in the chain
  • Ability to edit tweets for fucks sake
  • Getting rid of the While You Were Away feature. If I missed those tweets 6 -10 hours ago? I don’t care now.
  • Set a limit to how many retweets a follower can do in a day. Tumblr has a similar feature thanks to New X-Kit

Thought of more:

  • Ability to hide your follower/following count
  • Ability to create groups of friends where you can filter content w/o having to choose between locked/public with no happy medium
  • Have allow follow toggle
  • Features only given to “Verified” users available to everyone
  • Give the background image back when viewing Home and your TL
  • Increase follow cap beyond 2,0001 or make the cap more transparent

What features would you want friends?

Published by cypheroftyr

Tanya DePass is the founder and Director of I Need Diverse Games, a non-profit organization based in Chicago, which is dedicated to better diversification of all aspects of gaming. I Need Diverse Games serves the community by supporting marginalized developers attend the Game Developer Conference by participating in the GDC Scholarship program, helps assist attendance at other industry events, and is seeking partnership with organizations and initiatives. Tanya is a lifelong Chicagoan who loves everything about gaming, #INeedDiverseGames spawn point, and wants to make it better and more inclusive for everyone. She founded and was the EIC of Fresh Out of Tokens podcast where games culture was discussed and viewed through a lense of feminism, intersectionality and diversity. Now she’s a co-host on Spawn on Me Podcast. Along with all of that, she’s the Programming Coordinator for OrcaCon, she often speaks on issues of diversity, feminism, race, intersectionality & other topics at multiple conventions throughout the year. Her writing about games and games critique appears in Uncanny Magazine, Polygon, Wiscon Chronicles, Vice Gaming, Paste Games, Mic, and other publications.

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