“Twitter changes @reply settings again, users protest”
Twitter has now removed the option, and the new default for every user is that @replies that are both to and from someone you follow will be visible, but other @’s won’t. The move appears to have been made because an overwhelming number of users had been using replies this way, but I’m already seeing a bit of a frenzy in my normally-calm Twitter stream from people who liked discovering new users by seeing their friends @ them. […]
My prediction: the settings go back to normal by the end of the week, or we hear a much better reason for the change.
It’s always such an odd idea to remove what little customizability there was. The new behavior is the one that takes most processing power, so they’re not even motivated by server load.
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