The Twitter Algorithm

Re:The Twitter Algorithm by lapetitejort on Friday March 31, 2023 @06:51PM (#35394839)

And if one party trends more towards violent extremism, they get boosted the same as before?

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Re:The Twitter Algorithm by astrange on Friday March 31, 2023 @09:18PM (#35395990)

What's that got to do with accidental effects of unrelated software changes?

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Re:The Twitter Algorithm by gentoo on Saturday April 01, 2023 @03:16AM (#35397991)

if your hate speech filter hits one party harder than the other, that doesn't necessarily mean it is broken

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Re:The Twitter Algorithm by throwaway50601 on Saturday April 01, 2023 @04:04AM (#35398263)

The point is to have these statistics remain the same for the individual groups in between changes, not to measure them against each other.

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Re:The Twitter Algorithm by dd36 on Saturday April 01, 2023 @04:38AM (#35398478)

So then why make any changes?

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Re:The Twitter Algorithm by throwaway50601 on Saturday April 01, 2023 @06:52AM (#35399162)

Why not? If it doesn't matter but it's controversial there's no reason not to change it.

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Re:The Twitter Algorithm by astrange on Saturday April 01, 2023 @08:28AM (#35399725)

What if you're changing the spam filter?

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