I’ve blocked a political figure, and would like to filter out mentions of said figure too. Tweetbot seems to offer this capability, along with lists, ad blocking, and other interesting features. I’ve read about some api changes that Twitter made that have restricted the things third-party clients can do.
If you have Tweetbot or another client, what do you think about it?
The API changes were a disaster for many users.
I personally didn’t notice a difference.
So I think it really depends on how you use Twitter, and which functions you use.
I think that famous people, and people that use twitter as an instant messaging platform were the biggest losers.
Hopefully your use case is one of the ones that didn’t change for the worse.
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I have tried Twitterrific and Tweetbot in the past, but ultimately have missed the features that the native platform offers, specifically around polls API and the number of views that Tweets get, which is useful for my business. There was talk of a native Mac app coming back per project Catalyst as well, which should be really useful when you are managing a few handles, as I am.
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I still use Twitterrific daily and I like how it organize all my news in proper sequence.
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For me Tweetbot = Twitter.
(I don’t use their website, their native Apps, or any other 3rd party Apps)
I don’t think you will have a problem with these features. For the casual user the only losses are the polls, and likes and retweet numbers. But, I just use the notifications of the native app to see engagement and that’s sufficient for a casual like me.
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I deleted my Twitter account this month. Am now RSS only for news. And loving it!
I use TweetDeck and like its list functions but I’m also not trying to block people I focus instead on not following anyone I don’t care to hear from. My Twitter use is basically mostly during lambing as a backup so I know which lambs were born when/in case something happens to LambTracker (like a lamb stepping on it, or lamb slime killing the display or a ewe poking her nose on the screen and sending it off into the weeds doing who knows what because my UI is poor) Twitter documentation of the lambing is my OhShit Backup for who is who.
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This is probably the most unique use case for Twitter!
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I recently switched from Tweetbot to the native Twitter app on iOS and iPadOS.
I had been using both apps for notifications and it’s just not the way I want to live.
But I do have some questions, perhaps someone can help out:
- When using my iPad ind landscape mode, I get that annoying bar to the right called “Trends” or “Trends for you”. I don’t care about trends, I just want to go through my timeline.
I remember Federico Viticci talking about this annoyance as well that he was forced to see that. But how does one turn that sidebar off in the native Twitter app for iOS and iPadOS?
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When I use the space bar to scroll through the timeline, then it scrolls down instead of towards the top, unless I hold down the CMD-button, which makes it scroll towards the top. How does one make the space bar scroll towards the top instead in the native twitter app for iOS and iPadOS?
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Tweetbot would always show me inline photos and other media. In the native twitter app, I have to press the link with my finger to open that media. Is there a way to have that shown inline in the native twitter app for iOS and iPadOS?
For me Twitter is a newsfeed and my best source for big local events such as the Christmas Day bombing. I’m not sure what I’m “missing” by using Tweetbot, but it hasn’t changed the way I use the service. I doubt if I would continue to use Twitter if it wasn’t available.
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Tweetbot just has a nicer and more clean interface. But it has less features, which I don’t mind. I just can’t see likes and other things in tweet or due to the api limitations. So instead of using two apps I might as well go all in on twitter’s app.
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I consider this a feature. 
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Definitely is. Tweetbot is just a better reading experience. The Twitter app is so busy and more difficult to overview I feel
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I’m using Twitterrific since years. The Muffles feature for muting tweets containing certain expressions is wonderful & syncs between the macOS & iOS apps.
I have been using the native Twitter app for macOS since it was first added to the App Store, then removed in 2018, then re-uploaded as a Mac Catalyst app with the release of macOS Catalina. 
If you are using Chromium-based browser, you can add Twitter web version as a progressive web app, like native app with the same function. Simply click on the plus sign on the url bar
Something strange about the native Twitter app, having used it for a few days exclusively on my iPhone and iPad, is that the timelines do not sync (!)
On Tweetbot, the timelines would sync immediately and scroll to the top. They don’t do that in the native Twitter app.
Does anyone know of a way of changing that behaviour?
What benefit is there to the Twitter app in the Mac App Store though?
I think this is not a feature available on Twitter API. Twitter themself maybe don’t want user to have this ability, so user should scroll more and navigate pages more, thus see ads more.
maybe it is a feature 3rd party twitter app devs create by leveraging tweet IDs/URLs and auto-scroll into certain tweet ID/URL in other synced app. In condition that tweet is currently available in the list of fetched tweets.
for user, afaik some user segments like to use dedicated app instead of web service (example mac app: JIRA, WhatsApp, Twitter, Notion, etc.).
even though those users lost the ability to “open in new tab” or easily share current page (⌘+L then ⌘+C in browser, instead of using mouse and click “Share” then “to Clipboard” in app).
for the company (here Twitter), dedicated app instead of web service on browser sometimes means they own the users more. One of other reasons I can think of is delivering better UX in some way that is difficult in browser.
Edit:
less judging wordings, and other reason of app
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