Vista » configuration http://blogs.bluegumtree.co.uk/vista The view from down here is amazing Sat, 24 Jul 2010 00:01:13 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 How to block retweets http://blogs.bluegumtree.co.uk/vista/2010/03/06/127 http://blogs.bluegumtree.co.uk/vista/2010/03/06/127#comments Sat, 06 Mar 2010 15:15:46 +0000 sheilaellen http://blogs.bluegumtree.co.uk/vista/?p=127 A very good friend of mine has (very politely) bemoaned the fact that his incoming twitter stream is full of tweets from people he doesn’t know (and has no interest in hearing from/about) all because I retweet so often. He doesn’t want to stop following me and I don’t want to stop retweeting. Luckily, there is a solution to our problem.

Although there’s no option that allows you to block all retweets from all people you follow in one fell swoop (yet), you can block all retweets from each person individually.

So, if, for example, you’re following me (@sheilaellen) on twitter and wish to stop receiving all the messages that I retweet:

  1. Go to my twitter page: http://twitter.com/sheilaellen
  2. Find the retweet icon Status icon
  3. Click on it.

Before:

Twitter profile header

Retweets On

After:

Twitter profile header

Retweets Off

This should mean that you will now only receive messages from me that have been written by my own fair hand (or, possibly, a spammer who’s p0wned my account).

Repeat for each other compulsive retweeter that you follow.

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