I apologize if this is the wrong place to bring this up, but how the hell do you people deal with being on twitter? I finally signed up for it, and it's like living on an entirely different planet.

I only wanted it for the impending NBA free agency, and what I discovered is no matter what the topic is it explodes into some sort of political debate

I just don't understand why a random tweet about Pascal Siakam has a random tweet about the democratic debate. I am sure there are plenty of people who might enjoy that...but maybe a tweet from the NBA isn't the best place for it.

I tried to add a few people like Matt, which meant everything (trending, timeline, etc) all turned into all politics all the time. So I tried muting some of the big offenders and hashtags. Then I discovered anything that Twitter sends to me, no matter what I mute or unfollow is a bunch political trending crap. It's like Youtube when they suggest stuff for me, except in some cases like in the "explore" feature, I can't even get rid of some of it.

It would appear muting works on some stuff, but not on trending which appears to always be front and center.