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Re:Twitter open sourced the recommendation engine by ceejayoz on Friday March 31, 2023 @06:23PM (#35394543)
Twitter needs the LeBrons of the world far more than they need Twitter.
Re:Twitter open sourced the recommendation engine by dpifke on Friday March 31, 2023 @07:00PM (#35394926)
As someone who was on Twitter long before Oprah, or Elon, or Obama, or most other celebrities and politicians: I strongly disagree.

(Speaking about Twitter the product, not necessarily Twitter the company.)

Re:Twitter open sourced the recommendation engine by ceejayoz on Friday March 31, 2023 @07:34PM (#35395226)
That was an entirely different era. If you yearn for it, come on over to Mastodon.

Twitter the multi-billion dollar advertising company needs the big whales. I think it was pretty clear the company was under discussion.