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Re:Laid-Off Twitter Employees Sound Off About Company’s “Red... by jpeter on Saturday November 05, 2022 @04:07AM (#33479081)
You have an algorithm that deciced what kind of content millions of people see every day. Only optimizing for engagement is a bad idea as Facebook showed
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Re:Laid-Off Twitter Employees Sound Off About Company’s “Red... by MichaelZuo on Monday November 07, 2022 @12:21AM (#33501518)
To be honest ethical principles sounds like an even worst optimization target then engagement due to Goodhart's law.

When it becomes the measure it ceases to become effective, and will likely be gamed to some extent.

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