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Analysis of Twitter Algorithm (twitter.com/aakashg0)
10 points by btilly on April 1, 2023 | hide | past | favorite | 1 comment


There were several interesting points in this analysis.

I really don't like that attempting to break out of your bubble is penalized. I wish he could distinguish between spam and providing references. And Elon apparently has not resisted the temptation to suppress content he doesn't like.

Granted he's probably doing it because he's afraid that an escalation of the Ukraine war will lead to nuclear holocaust. Also he's received a ton of criticism for his positions on Ukraine, and he doesn't want that to dominate Twitter discussion.

But he's using the same mechanisms that the Twitter Files say were abused for political ends earlier. The ends do not justify the means. If you're for free speech, you have to be for free speech that you don't like.

Still a lot of interesting stuff in there. And certainly some that is worth discussing.




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