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Re:Twitter open sourced the recommendation engine by thefreeman on Friday March 31, 2023 @04:03PM (#35392744)
What does that matter? If people find the content engaging then it will be amplified. If not, it shouldn't be there in the first place. This whole "AI / Bot swarm" excuse is just smoke and mirrors for "I want more people to pay twitter".
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Re:Twitter open sourced the recommendation engine by nonethewiser on Friday March 31, 2023 @04:29PM (#35393158)
If _accounts_ find the tweet engaging
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Re:Twitter open sourced the recommendation engine by lhnz on Friday March 31, 2023 @06:01PM (#35394260)
If "bots indistinguisable from humans" find your "account that posts pro-russian propaganda" engaging it will be amplified onto your For You page.
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Re:Twitter open sourced the recommendation engine by yreg on Saturday April 01, 2023 @09:38AM (#35400222)
If you don't care whether the content is generated then you don't need to use a social network at all. GPT can generate you an endless interesting feed no problem.
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