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Ironically, the quality of Community Notes is directly correlated with the toxicity and division on the rest of Twitter. That's because the notes algorithm expl
by chatmasta 3y ago
Ironically, the quality of Community Notes is directly correlated with the toxicity and division on the rest of Twitter. That's because the notes algorithm explicitly maximizes the distance between the users reviewing each note, i.e. a political note should be reviewed by both blue and red users. So the Community Notes system becomes more robust the more users disagree with each other.
Personally, I actually think Twitter should allow users to opt into making these tribal associations even more explicit. One simple feature could accomplish that: let users choose the color of their checkmark (red, blue or gray). When asking them to choose a color, show a list of the accounts they follow that have chosen each color.
- giraffe_lady 3y agoSo is red for american republicans or non-american communists?
- chatmasta 3y agoIt's whatever people want to self-sort themselves into...
- giraffe_lady 3y agoYou see how this isn't useful right? A signifier is only useful if the audience understands what it signifies.
- chatmasta 3y agoThe audience chooses by looking at which of the accounts they follow (and consider either in-group or out-group) have the blue or red badge.
- giraffe_lady 3y agoYes I understood your intent. So if I follow a mix of american leftists (blue) and european leftists (red) what color do you think I should pick? The audience is people seeing my check, not me picking it. They won't read it in a consistent way and so I can't send a meaningful intentional signal by making this choice.