i mean, what twitter is essentially doing is providing a filtering service and then forcing it down on users, who may or may not appreciate it. that's kind of what's being lost, here. we're all arguing about first amendment rights and private property, but what about user choice?

if they feel this is important, that's their prerogative. fine.

but, users should be given the choice as to whether they want their feeds filtered or not, and maybe they could even open it up to different types of filtering that different users would have more interest in.

that's a workable compromise, isn't it?