Re:twitter/the-algorithm
by KrishnaShripad on Monday April 25, 2022 @06:03PM
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The openness for the algorithm is to make public how the algorithm works internally. It has nothing to do with how "novel" or "good" or "bad" the algorithm is. It is just a way to check if there is anything fishy going on in there. I don't see what the fuss is about if it only makes the defacto town square of the internet more transparent and open.
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Re:twitter/the-algorithm
by michaelmrose on Monday April 25, 2022 @06:35PM
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Twitter isn't the town square of the internet. The internet is the town square of the internet and you aren't owed a fair ranking in relation to a certain search term user or combination thereof because no singular definition of fair.
Re:twitter/the-algorithm
by KrishnaShripad on Monday April 25, 2022 @07:13PM
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> Twitter isn't the town square of the internet
Maybe to you. You are entitled to your opinion. I won't censor you for having a contrary opinion.
> owed a fair ranking
Well we are getting it whether you like it or not.
> because no singular definition of fair
Of course there is. If New York Post's tweet about Hunter Biden's story gets blocked, I would like to see Taylor Lorenz's story about LibsofTikTok get blocked in a "fair" system. Since both are doxxing after all.