Twitter funding a team to develop an open standard for social media

Re:Twitter funding a team to develop an open standard for so... by lucideer on Wednesday December 11, 2019 @10:42AM (#21763448)

The problem is the revenue model. Zombie viewing is more profitable than surprising new content.

If you were asked to hack on YouTube's algorithm, any modifications you'd produce, no matter their merit, would be tested against the status quo for their ability to generate revenue.

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Re:Twitter funding a team to develop an open standard for so... by mathgenius on Wednesday December 11, 2019 @12:28PM (#21764664)

I'm sure that is what they tell themselves at youtube HQ. But I'm not convinced. Why should one A.I. fit everyone? It just seems like laziness, ie. corporate inertia, to me. If they could open up an API for third party recommenders this would really be interesting.

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Re:Twitter funding a team to develop an open standard for so... by bduerst on Wednesday December 11, 2019 @03:29PM (#21766467)

Not really. Surprising new content has more active engagement which is crucial for acquisition ads. Revenue for pay-per-click is always better than display.

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Re:Twitter funding a team to develop an open standard for so... by softawre on Wednesday December 11, 2019 @03:35PM (#21766529)

Sounds like you have a billion dollar idea then that you can sell to Google.

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