Twitter has rolled out its mute function, which means you can finally shut up those annoying people who post Tweets that make you want to smash your computer on the floor.
All kinds of voices and personalities can be found on Twitter with all feeling a need to empty their thoughts onto their keyboards. Some can be funny, informative and entertaining but there are some who need a virtual gag.
Here are the seven types of Twitter users we’d like to mute out of our lives:
The bragger
Since the dawn of Twitter it has been used by a majority as a soapbox for braggers to mouth off about how amazing they are. Self-indulgent posts from the guy who feels the need to share how he’s just run 15k before breakfast or those lamenting how their Ferrari doesn’t have cup holders are rife. Nobody cares nor wants to read them while crammed in on a soggy morning bus. Then there are the photos re-enforcing their brag with an image that burns into your mind. Selfies at the gym, smug shots of business class tickets, six-packs or their ‘superfood lunch’. Mute, mute, mute.
The spoiler
These guys are up there with trolls. Posting what happens in the next episode of “Game of Thrones” is simply not cool, but they take great pleasure in spoiling it for the rest of us. When scrolling through Twitter you just can’t help but catch a glance of the post and it’s just ruined your night’s entertainment. We practically had to boycott Twitter before the “Breaking Bad” finale. Muting is your answer to avoiding.
The parent
Having parents on social media is a horrifying experience. It’s the online equivalent of having them turn up to a high school party waving at you with a packed lunch they’ve made. We’d rather them embarrass us with those stomach churning stories of their teenage trysts than have their retweets. Thanks for the affirmation, mom. It’s not needed here.
The ‘artist’
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Give someone a camera these days and everyone thinks they can cut it as the next Ansel Adams. Selfies with your dog won’t do it. Even with that filter you’ve put on. Those try-hard shots attempting to express poignancy where there is none are fist-biting cringe moments we can’t handle. Celebrate Twitter pics for what they are: a quick and dirty way to snap a celeb you’ve seen down the frozen food aisle at Whole Foods.
The over-sharer
These are the Tweets that can put you off your lunch. Open descriptions of eventful toilet experiences, menstrual movements, or saccharine couples who post soppy lines on their love for one another are enough to give you a kick in the gag reflex. You wouldn’t announce it to everyone down the pub so why declare it to millions online?
The over-enthusiastic hashtag user
We all love a hashtag, then there are those who wallpaper their Tweets with them. Any more than a couple and things are getting excessive. Easy there buddy.
The troll
Quite easily one of the worst by-products of the internet. These people thrive on abusing others online, they seem to be fizzing with hate as they spew every kind of sickening comment you can think of towards others. No subject is taboo. A bit of friendly banter is all right but these ‘people’ take it to unnecessary depths. If Twitter is a mouth to voice opinion then trolls are that little bit of white scum that accumulates in the corner.
This article originally appeared on News.com.au.