How to navigate the confusing world of Twitter Topics

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In 2019, Twitter introduced a feature called Topics to bring you tweets related to your areas of interest without having to follow more people.

On paper, it’s a great idea to keep the same basic timeline while still getting updates about topics that might interest you. But it’s a bit tricky to manage your feed so you don’t get overwhelmed by all those suggested tweets.

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Don’t worry, I got you. In this guide, I will walk you through all the steps to eliminate unwanted threads. Plus, I’m going to talk about this hidden setting called Interests that you might not know about.

But first, let’s go through the basics.

Browsing Topics

In your current timeline, Twitter will show you tweets based on the topics you’ve been following, along with tweets from people you’re following.

From time to time, he may also send tweets related to topics in which you may be interested.

You can see what an example of a tweet related to the topic looks like in the screenshot below:

This tweet is filed under Cricket