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Social networks are also gamed. Since Twitter is their preferred platform, go put the activity of journalist Twitter accounts into a relational DB and start se
by RNCTX 6y ago
Social networks are also gamed.
Since Twitter is their preferred platform, go put the activity of journalist Twitter accounts into a relational DB and start searching for who always boosts who. You'll find patterns. Of course there's nothing inherently wrong with this, but at the end of the day I don't need to know what a dozen NY Times journos think of a NY Times oped which is clearly written in bad faith, pushing a false narrative about a particular news event.
Non-gameable ultimately means people who influence the results can have no monetary interest in the results.
example:
Twitter thread...
https://twitter.com/jiatolentino/status/1263208982614814722 https://twitter.com/jiatolentino/status/1263208982614814722
...vs reality...
https://wearyourvoicemag.com/jia-tolentino-parents-teachers-harmed/ https://wearyourvoicemag.com/jia-tolentino-parents-teachers-...