How to Fix Twitter by Muting Specific Text Strings

There’s a popular tweet that I stumbled upon this morning. Twitter user Emma found that by muting specific text strings she could fix Twitter and block suggested features.

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Fix Twitter

https://twitter.com/EmmaKinema/status/1041419623386644480

In the official Twitter, app, you can go into Settings & Privacy > Content Preferences > Muted > Muted words. Next, add the following text strings:

  • suggest_activity_tweet
  • suggest_recycled_tweet_inline
  • suggest_pyle_tweet (per user @TerrorIgognita’s suggestion)

This will block Twitter features like “so-and-so liked this tweet” and  “others follow so-and-so.” I personally find these annoying, as I couldn’t care less about who and what Twitter thinks I should like and follow.

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