Mute the Rage Bait: A Practical Recipe for Cleaning Up Your X Timeline
Svwang1 · x · 2026-11-16
Svwang1 shares his method for dealing with information pollution on X: when an account posts cherry-picked, exaggerated content lacking a sense of proportion, just mute it. If it's genuinely valuable, its posts will be reposted by other worthwhile accounts and return to your timeline — then unmute. You lose nothing.
He lists telltale marketing-account phrases: "This is insane!" "重磅！突发！", and AI-slop constructions like "这不是 xxx，这是 xxx". He also warns to stay vigilant toward angry accounts and not fall for rage bait.
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