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Re:The Twitter Algorithm by disgruntledphd2 on Friday March 31, 2023 @05:52PM (#35394158)
Ok that makes lots of sense from an engineering perspective. It's pretty insane from a statistical perspective though, which I think was the original point.
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Re:The Twitter Algorithm by nomel on Friday March 31, 2023 @07:42PM (#35395289)
> It's pretty insane from a statistical perspective though

Efficiency is way more of a concern, at this scale, than the more trivial was of trying to find a competent person that wouldn't misuse the values.

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