Re:Twitter plans to comply with Musk’s demands for data
by topspin on Thursday June 09, 2022 @09:49PM
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That's what I'm wondering. Not really. This is particularly transparent spin.
Analyzing the raw feed isn't all that hard for someone with Musk's resources. A fat pipe and a ClickHouse cluster could boil this down pretty efficiently. At least the metadata.
Analyzing tweet content would involve more effort, obviously. But bot operators aren't all that bright and much of their activity will be obvious.
The real question is would any conclusions of such analysis be actionable? Could Musk produce an analysis credible enough in the time available to lead to renegotiation? That is highly dubious.
Analyzing the raw feed isn't all that hard for someone with Musk's resources. A fat pipe and a ClickHouse cluster could boil this down pretty efficiently. At least the metadata.
Analyzing tweet content would involve more effort, obviously. But bot operators aren't all that bright and much of their activity will be obvious.
The real question is would any conclusions of such analysis be actionable? Could Musk produce an analysis credible enough in the time available to lead to renegotiation? That is highly dubious.