I discovered something today which genuinely changes my whole Twitter experience. In fact, it changes it dramatically.
One of the biggest gripes I’ve always had with Twitter is having to view everyone else @replies to other people , the majority of these replies making absolutely no sense as you haven’t been tuned into the conversation.
Well today, after a simple tweet:
“I would love a Twitter view for all Tweets not starting with @”
Steve Reynolds, now my idol, replied:
@Zee turn off @replies in prefs?? none of my home feed tweets include @replies
I have used Twitter for over two years, I follow over 2000 people and am followed by over 3000. My point is, I’m no newbie, yet I definitely did not know about this feature and if I didn’t know, there’s bound to be many other people who didn’t too.
So how do you disable all @replies?
Make sure you are logged in to Twitter and click here. Simply change your @replies setting to “no @ replies” in the drop down menu.
Even Better News
Changing this options disabled @replies not only on Twitter.com but any 3rd party application you may be using too. Hallelujah.
I’m debating if I should do this or not. On one hand, it would minimize the noise, but then there are some @replies that are valuable. I’ll try it today to see how it goes. Thanks! I had no clue the existed either.
Glad I could help. I had the exact same response when I found out. Completely new Twitter!
I find a better balance is the third option, to only show @replies to other people you follow. That way you can keep up with conversations that are happening in your circle, but you aren’t swamped with anything one sided.
I quite like @-replies. Sometimes you just want to chime into conversations, turning replies off deprives you of that option, one that is quite central to Twitter as a sort of backchannel.
where did you get such anger? seek help.
I’m afraid you’re very very naive then because i assure you 90% of people on there are using twitter to market something or another.
there’s a big difference between spam and people promoting their content & other peoples content. Yes if all you do is promote your own content, you’re using twitter incorrectly however if you’re giving & taking there’s absolutely nothing wrong with it.
Not many people would use twitter if it didn’t bring them some value.
Oh and it’s not just sharing of content that twitter is used for, it’s a fantastic networking tool. I only follow people who a) i know b) are involved in the tech industry c) are based in my local area.
Turning all replies off is just stupid. Turning replies of that are not to poeple in your contact list is the way to go.
Or your such a twitter user that si following 1000 users then well you suck @ twitter!
I wish there was an option to turn off Retweets from people you allready follow. And an option to filter based on source (I don’t need all the stuff that’s dumped on twitter these days, such as comments on photos).
Hey N00b, that’s gr00vy. It beh00ves me to w00t!!
N00b! ;-)
Nope, just have enough of people that use Twitter to post there messages for there own (mostly) commercial use.
It is a social messaging system not a rss feed or a marketing system.
Yes, and I am not following 1 of them. And that’s why 90% of twitter is spam :(
Wow, I totally didn’t know about this feature, going to turn it on for a while and see how I like it.
Thx.
Weird. As far as I remember, since I started twittering viewing @replies was disabled. Is that possible?
Anyway, I can’t imagine to track all those replies written by *really* active twitterers. Seriously, completely different experience.
So this proves lots of people never check the settings/prefs. I wonder why… I mean, seeing that option would surely raise some questions, at least that was the case with me.
I have fiddled with that setting. And it seems to do nothing for me. All @replies still show, followers or not… Wish i could limit them, especially from the people who post twice an hour and the majority of them at @replies…
Has this option been removed from the settings tab? I cannot find this drop down box.
Thanks