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Re:The Twitter Algorithm by nailer on Friday March 31, 2023 @05:03PM (#35393621)
That’s not how it works. See the parent.
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Re:The Twitter Algorithm by sva_ on Friday March 31, 2023 @06:21PM (#35394510)
They said that they use it for metrics, so clearly there must be an "elon impression" metric.
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Re:The Twitter Algorithm by ImPostingOnHN on Friday March 31, 2023 @11:51PM (#35396931)
I imagine it's the largest metric in a mission control style room

it starts dropping, klaxons start blaring, the room drops to red only lighting, engineers on the floor start pulling out their hair knowing the shitstorm that's coming

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Re:The Twitter Algorithm by nailer on Saturday April 01, 2023 @04:00AM (#35398233)
Yes, it’s not making anyone see any extra Elon tweets as your comment alleged.
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Re:The Twitter Algorithm by jonny_eh on Saturday April 01, 2023 @05:35PM (#35404328)
It means they won't ship features that hurt Elon's reach. So in a sense, it is biasing code changes in favour of Elon.
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Re:The Twitter Algorithm by nailer on Saturday April 01, 2023 @05:56PM (#35404511)
Why does it mean that?
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