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Garbage "analysis". Heavy users I follow tweet more than 3 times a day. > The problem wasn't a biased liberal algorithm, it was that their tweets are no good.
by Proven 3y ago
Garbage "analysis".
Heavy users I follow tweet more than 3 times a day.
> The problem wasn't a biased liberal algorithm, it was that their tweets are no good.
No, it was a biased algo that's still being removed (as recently as 2-3 weeks ago they discovered another throttle which was impacting many users, including Elon).
The main problem is that all centralized platforms have to deal with government-mandated censorship in large markets such as the EU, which kills content and engagement and also negatively impacts paying users (because despite the payment, their content still gets shadow-banned). That's not Twitter's fault, but they're relatively more impacted than social networks that focus on art and have no political content.
- dcow 3y agoI think the strong response is to your opening statement. Cory is a thoughtful writer. The analysis may be inaccurate in your opinion, but that doesn't make it garbage. I happen to agree with your actual take: biased unfair algos are the result of platforms being coerced (internally and/or externally) to ultimately serve some socio-political agenda, and thus their content enshittifies. No blue checkmarks needed.
- pjc50 3y agoI'm interested to know what your examples of content would be that is (a) good and (b) banned by "government-mandated censorship in large markets such as the EU". > relatively more impacted than social networks that focus on art and have no political content Funnily enough a lot of artists also want uncensored platforms so they can post NSFW art, but this is completely orthogonal to the political questions.
- ClumsyPilot 3y ago> uncensored platforms so they can post NSFW art, but this is completely orthogonal to the political questions. Its not orthogonal, the center of american politics is neo-puritanism. This is specifically the attitude of american elites, and they force it on the rest of the world. They deny access to banking and payment to anyone who does not comply.
- eimrine 3y ago> I'm interested to know what your examples of content would be that is (a) good and (b) banned by "government-mandated censorship in large markets such as the EU". War videos and pirated books.
- ClumsyPilot 3y ago> government-mandated censorship in large markets such as the EU Twitter censors nudity and pornography, and import American neo-puritanism to the rest of the world. No-one in EU mandates this. But american brain is incapable of putting two and two together, they have it wired into their brain that opression cannot be private, only government. If modern right-wingers existed in 1500, they would be defending the rirht of a feudal lord to sleep with your wife because he isnt a government and your signed up for it when you were born as a peasant.
- actionfromafar 3y agoPretty much what really happened.
- beepbooptheory 3y agoThis is a pretty good example of what is called kettle logic: 1. The analysis is wrong 2. The analysis is correct, but it is the algorithms fault. 3. The analysis is correct, but actually its really state censorship that is culprit here!
- pyrale 3y ago> they're relatively more impacted than social networks that focus on art and have no political content. Most art is political, you probably just can't take a hint.
- jterrys 3y agoThat's not really the art in question though. There's a lot of 'art' on twitter which is, for a lack of a better term, porn.
- MSFT_Edging 3y ago[flagged]
- wunderland 3y agoHere’s an example of a Nazi poll that went mega-viral yesterday: https://twitter.com/rightwingcope/status/1676980329905528832 https://twitter.com/rightwingcope/status/1676980329905528832 (screenshot because @christgnosis went private after outing themselves as full-Nazi)
- MSFT_Edging 3y agoThat was the poll in reference but I've also been seeing a ton more lately.