Twitter often populates your feed with “suggested tweets” from accounts you don’t follow. While the Twitter algorithm may think you’re interested in these tweets, they’re usually just annoying and not interesting. Thankfully, a quick and easy trick will keep suggested tweets from bugging you again.
As shared by Samantha Wallschlaeger, muting keywords that Twitter uses for suggested content (such as “suggest_activity_tweet”) will eliminate unnecessary posts from your timeline. This is an old trick that has worked reliably for years, though it won’t keep promoted posts out of your feed.
It suddenly occurred to me that not everyone can know this. If you add these to your muted words, all those “suggested tweets” will magically disappear from your feed! pic.twitter.com/IWrBwaJcX1
— Samantha Wallschlaeger (@StillNotSam) February 6, 2022
Here are all the keywords you should disable on Twitter:
- suggest_activity_tweet
- suggest_pyle_tweet
- suggest_ranked_timeline_tweet
- suggest_summary
- suggest_recycled_tweet
- suggest_recycled_tweet_inline
- suggest_who_to_follow
To mute keywords on Twitter, simply press the More button on the Twitter website, select Settings and Privacy, go to the Privacy and Safety tab, and select Mute and Block. You can then choose which words you want to mute.
If you are on a mobile device, click on your profile picture in the upper left corner and follow the steps mentioned earlier. Keep in mind that this process may be different if you use a third-party app like TweetDeck.
Source: Samantha Wallschlaeger
