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Ex-Twitter devs rolling out a feature that if you used it on Twitter during their reign it would harm your post in the algorithm.
by whywhywhywhy 3y ago
Ex-Twitter devs rolling out a feature that if you used it on Twitter during their reign it would harm your post in the algorithm.
- elaus 3y agoYou seem to imply that the founders of Bluesky were the ones pushing for those algorithm changes at Twitter? Do you have any more information on this? I find it hard to believe that this is a decision made by developers.
- Mashimo 3y agoUsing a hashtag on twitter reduced your posts discovery on twitter? Why did they do that?
- blehn 3y agoI would guess that on the whole hashtags provide negative value to users. It's a neat idea but it almost immediately devolves into SEO spam.
- pjc50 3y agoUsers _invented_ hashtags and the platform subsequently provided official mechanics for them. Just as users invented retweets and used to do them manually. People really value discovery, it's just that it's so vulnerable to the SEO arms race.
- jakebsky 3y agoThere are no ex-Twitter devs at Bluesky and only one ex-Twitter employee who started this month. Custom feeds on Bluesky are federated so that anyone can create a new one using any algorithm they wish. There are already many thousands to choose from.
- lost_womble 3y agoObjectively wrong.