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Re:X's algorithm was changed in mid-July 2024 to boost right... by beejiu on Saturday November 16, 2024 @07:16PM (#42160793)
Interesting observation. From my experience, any abrupt shift in a metric is normally due to external factors rather than internal ones. Something that academics seem to miss entirely.
Re:X's algorithm was changed in mid-July 2024 to boost right... by mcguirep on Saturday November 16, 2024 @07:24PM (#42160842)
Indeed. As others have noted, that would be when the attempted assassination of Trump was, shortly followed by Elon endorsing him and then forming his PAC [1]. I'd expect such activities to raise interest in his activities and statements, so this entire thing seems to be a staggering miss at asking very basic questions before leaping to conclusions.

[1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/America_PAC

Re:X's algorithm was changed in mid-July 2024 to boost right... by Phil_Latio on Saturday November 16, 2024 @07:18PM (#42160803)
Yeah like an assassination attempt.