Thread by @varcharr

Not that you need a new year as an excuse to do this, but why not consider it a chance to curate your Twitter feed to better serve you?

Let's talk about how you can do that.

1. Unfollow people who often (or even just sometimes) cause you to have stressed, angry, or upset feelings.

You don't owe anyone a follow. If it's a friend, you can consider letting them know why you've made the choice, but you're not obligated to.

2. Mute people who you don't want showing up on your feed.

If someone's tweets often show up and you're already not following them, muting should help further reduce what you see from them.

3. Block people who you don't want able to interact with you.

If you don't want them to interact with you, block them. Protect yourself.

4. Mute words you don't want to see.

You can find the option to add as many words as you'd like in settings, privacy and safety.

5. Turn off DMs.

Not that you have to read DMs when you receive them, but if you want to prevent people from sending them in the first place, check this out.

You can also find these settings in settings, privacy and safety.

6. Be aware of how much time you're spending on Twitter. No matter how much of the above you do, you'll still see ads (unless you have Twitter Blue) & trending news, not to mention people here aren't required to tweet about only one topic, so you can't guarantee what you'll see.

Yes, of course it's great to use Twitter as a chance to learn about other people's experiences and hear others' perspectives. That's one of my favorite parts of Twitter.

But nothing here is worth your mental health.

Your feed is your feed. You're in charge!

Not related to your feed itself but you can also turn off notifications on your phone & for specific tweets.

If you don’t wanna be bothered by Twitter unless you’ve purposefully opened it, I highly recommend turning off notifications. It can be glorious to forget Twitter exists.