Re:Twitter Should Open Up the Algorithm
by admax88qqq on Saturday April 16, 2022 @11:45AM
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The interesting question this poses and has come up on a few comment threada here is
Is "security through on obscurity" necessary for automated content moderation?
Would an open algorithm be trigially gamed by spammers as they can now test offline exactly how their posts will be ranked/promoted?
My gut says yes but I'm not an expert in this area. Curious if anyone has a theory or idea on if an open moderation algorithm could work.
SpamAssassin exists and is open to moderate success. But is that just because it's use is not widespread enough to bother to test your spam mails against it?
If every email account in the world was covered by SpamAssassin, what would spam look like, and how much would make it through.
Is "security through on obscurity" necessary for automated content moderation?
Would an open algorithm be trigially gamed by spammers as they can now test offline exactly how their posts will be ranked/promoted?
My gut says yes but I'm not an expert in this area. Curious if anyone has a theory or idea on if an open moderation algorithm could work.
SpamAssassin exists and is open to moderate success. But is that just because it's use is not widespread enough to bother to test your spam mails against it?
If every email account in the world was covered by SpamAssassin, what would spam look like, and how much would make it through.