Re:twitter/the-algorithm
by owaislone on Monday April 25, 2022 @05:55PM
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Open sourcing is in this is not about the implementation or the CS algorithm. It is more about transparency. I think the idea is that the public should know how tweets are ranked, why tweets show up in timelines and which timelines, what makes tweets popular etc. Imagine Google publishing a document detailing how their system ranks pages aka publishes internal SEO rules officially. I don't know if it is a good idea or not. People with enough resources might be able to game the system (if they don't do it already).
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The only change is that people with resource would stop guessing how to game the system, and start employing people to ensure they systematically game the system.
Re:twitter/the-algorithm
by rootusrootus on Monday April 25, 2022 @07:00PM
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> if they don't do it already
That's an interesting point. A practical description of the algorithm from the perspective of someone trying to game it may be more useful than anything Twitter or Google would release.