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Re:The Twitter Algorithm by cbeach on Friday March 31, 2023 @07:08PM (#35395003)
The “author_is_elon” flag may have been assigned to him because Elon’s Twitter account has the most followers on the platform.

So, for technical / performance reasons, changes to the algos might want to be benchmarked against this account in particular, because it’s the account most likely to be at the centre of capacity- / load-related issues.

Re:The Twitter Algorithm by null4bl3 on Sunday April 02, 2023 @03:42AM (#35408171)
Sure. Every serious application has a special flag for their boss man right?