Re:The Twitter Algorithm
by GaryNumanVevo on Friday March 31, 2023 @03:03PM
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I wonder who's on the "VIT" (Very Important Tweeter) list?
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Re:The Twitter Algorithm
by wahnfrieden on Friday March 31, 2023 @05:02PM
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People like Ben Shapiro, Glenn Greenwald, @catturd2
Right wing high engagement accounts. Through in one or two accounts like @AOC for "balance"
BTW: How @aoc got three-letter handle?
Re:The Twitter Algorithm
by fknorangesite on Friday March 31, 2023 @09:17PM
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Probably exactly the most boring, mundane way you would expect: they managed to contact the owner of what was probably a dead/inactive account and then paid them some money for it.
Re:The Twitter Algorithm
by rhaway84773 on Saturday April 01, 2023 @02:34AM
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AOC is also not a very common/popular three letter combination.
it is.
"advent of code"
"area of concentration"
Re:The Twitter Algorithm
by rejectfinite on Saturday April 01, 2023 @01:40PM
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Im using 3 monitors by AOC right now.
It's against the Twitter terms to pay money for accounts. I think more likely is that Twitter 'seized' the dead account and just granted it to her. I'm sure for instance someone had previously squatted on accounts like "VP" or "England"
Re:The Twitter Algorithm
by fknorangesite on Saturday April 01, 2023 @02:46PM
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> It's against the Twitter terms to pay money for accounts.
Ah, I didn't know that; then it's merely the second most boring, mundane way I would expect.
I don't know but that's not relevant to my point..