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Re:What would open sourcing the Twitter algorithm actually l... by Dwolb on Friday April 22, 2022 @07:33AM (#31120372)
Jaron Lanier’s claim is the feedback mechanism (clicks, engagement) isn’t nuanced enough [1].

i.e. If the algorithm had more insight into a given person’s emotional (and intellectual?) response, the outcomes could be better than the status quo.

[1] https://open.spotify.com/episode/3DBNkrAY5sCIX2sqHpZ567?si=M...

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Re:What would open sourcing the Twitter algorithm actually l... by JanneVee on Friday April 22, 2022 @08:21AM (#31120736)
The word here is "could"... It can and has been used for outcomes that hasn't favored the users interests. And that is in my view a worse outcome than status quo.
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Re:What would open sourcing the Twitter algorithm actually l... by Dwolb on Friday April 22, 2022 @09:56AM (#31121571)
I definitely hedged yeah.
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