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> ...so they could be removed entirely and this problem would remain. Which problem? Seriously: the only legitimate problem I know of is that Twitter gives art
by saurik 4y ago
> ...so they could be removed entirely and this problem would remain.
Which problem? Seriously: the only legitimate problem I know of is that Twitter gives artificial reach to things via algorithmic engagement. They literally send me push notifications for tweets their algorithm thinks is interesting.
If you retweet something some asshole says and I don't like it, I should probably just unfollow you because you could have just screenshotted the original tweet and included the image... that was you actively sending that content, and wasn't the original anymore.
(FWIW, the reason I don't trust this is because I actually further disagree with your assertion that the algorithms aren't causing reach, because Twitter no longer does linear timelines: everything you see, including from your followers, has been curated by the engagement-driving algorithm, and so if he starts down-modding stuff then it actually will work and actually will reduce reach as you will be less likely to see it even if the people you follow retweet it.)
- phphphphp 4y agoMy point is that the algorithms used by Twitter did not create the problem of bad tweets having reach. Elon could turn off every piece of engagement-hacking functionality within the Twitter system and it would not solve the problem. The algorithms just exist to eek out better engagement numbers. Twitter provides reach to speech. You cannot remove reach from Twitter without rendering Twitter useless. Pre-Elon Twitter addressed the problem of giving bad speech reach by removing the bad speech. Elon’s “free speech absolutist” position is that removing speech is wrong so he’s going to remove the reach… which has the same outcome as removing the speech. I think you’re vastly overestimating how much the algorithms matter, they’re not relevant to the problem Elon is trying to address.
- stale2002 4y ago> Twitter provides reach to speech. You cannot remove reach from Twitter without rendering Twitter useless. You absolutely can. The way that it is still useful, is if instead of being perma-banned for a bad tweet, instead an account just has that tweet only prioritized. That way, the bad stuff is stopped, without draconian ban policies destroying your account.
- saagarjha 4y agoTwitter gives you the option to view a linear timeline.