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delichontoday at 1:48 PM1 replyview on HN

I use X almost entirely from the desktop where I have an extension installed that lets me whitelist my follows, and see nothing else. I recently browsed the same feed on mobile ... and it was entirely different! I think I spent a half hour and saw zero content from my follows, just one ticktok style video after another. For those who find these services without value, I now understand. But I feel revolted rather than addicted. Will I now experience a mysterious compulsion to view the naked feed?


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Aurornistoday at 2:01 PM

> I recently browsed the same feed on mobile ... and it was entirely different! I think I spent a half hour and saw zero content from my follows

At the top of the mobile app there’s a “For You” tab and a “Following” tab. You must have been on the “For You” tab.

Switch to the “Following” tab.

If you start scrolling the “For You” tab and do it for half an hour straight, you’re basically signaling that this the content you wanted to see and will continue getting more of it.