Okay, so I got this idea in my head, calling it ‘guardians twitter’. Sounds fancy, right? Wasn’t really. Just me getting fed up with all the junk flying around online about stuff I actually care about. You see something you believe in getting dragged through the mud, day in, day out. It gets to you.
First off, I figured I needed to know what was actually being said. Who were the main culprits? What were the usual lies? So, I started simple. Just searching keywords, hashtags. Every morning, coffee in one hand, phone in the other, scrolling… scrolling… scrolling. Felt like digging through a giant trash heap sometimes.
It was draining, honestly. More than I thought it would be. You spend an hour doing that, and you just feel… gross. Like you need a shower for your brain. I made some notes, kept track of the worst offenders. Tried using Twitter’s own lists to keep tabs on certain accounts. It kinda worked, but felt clunky, you know? Always felt like I was missing the bigger picture.
My Little System
So, I tried to get a bit more organized. Nothing complicated, mind you. I’m not some tech wizard. Just practical stuff:
- Made a specific time slot each day. Like, 20 minutes. No more.
- Focused on just a couple of key hashtags or topics. Couldn’t watch everything.
- Used saved searches. That helped a bit, cut down the random noise.
- Mostly relied on spotting patterns myself. Who retweets what, that kind of thing.
It reminded me of this time years ago, I was trying to fix this old radio. Spent weeks tinkering with it. Took it all apart, laid the pieces out. In the end, couldn’t fix it. But I learned exactly how broken it was, piece by piece. This ‘guardians twitter’ thing felt similar. I wasn’t fixing Twitter, hell no. But I was getting a real clear picture of the mess.
Was it worth it? Hard to say. It didn’t change the world. Didn’t even change Twitter. But I felt like I understood the battlefield a bit better. Stopped feeling so helpless, maybe? It’s like knowing where the potholes are on a dark road. You still gotta drive carefully, but at least you know what to watch out for. I still do it, sometimes. Not as much. Got other things to worry about now, you know? Life moves on. But yeah, that was my little project. My ‘guardians twitter’ phase.
