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Re: Source code for the X recommendation algorithm

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Post by rurp »

ivape wrote: post #50
barbazoo wrote: post #29

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Elon’s father was not keen on him leaving South Africa from what I recall. There was an element of daddy doesn’t believe in me . He left against his fathers wishes. https://people.com/human-interest/elon-musk-errol-musk-relat... ’“He was such a terrible human being,” Elon, 46, told the magazine. “You have no idea.”’ Daddy issues out the ass. This is actually the simplest answer, because people that pursue external va…

He didn't just disown the Trans kid, he's disowned most of his kids. He literally has the mom's sign a contract that says the kid will have no legal claim as his child.

Re: Source code for the X recommendation algorithm

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Post by gyanchawdhary »

snapcaster wrote: post #42
gyanchawdhary wrote: post #35

Earlier quoted context omitted.

For all its flaws .. it’s still a step up from how Parag and co used to run twitter

Why? I've never been a twitter user

Post Musk Twitter is amazing. It lets you see how stories, opinions that you support or don’t are attacked from all sides and Community noted / @grok fact checked … a lot of UX changes too .. pre Musk, the moderation / banning was biased and arbitrary (who is watching the watchers?) .. my personal fav was to see the special tick removed from journalists ..

Re: Source code for the X recommendation algorithm

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Post by jezzamon »

gyanchawdhary wrote: post #62
snapcaster wrote: post #42

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Why? I've never been a twitter user

Post Musk Twitter is amazing. It lets you see how stories, opinions that you support or don’t are attacked from all sides and Community noted / @grok fact checked … a lot of UX changes too .. pre Musk, the moderation / banning was biased and arbitrary (who is watching the watchers?) .. my personal fav was to see the special tick removed from journalists ..

I think that's the first time I've seen someone positive about that change. My experience has been by showing blue tick users above others, the experience has become a lot more biased because it's only a certain type of person that pays for Twitter

Re: Source code for the X recommendation algorithm

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Post by [deleted] »

uyzstvqs wrote: post #57
jsheard wrote: post #5

RIP author_is_elon, we hardly knew ye. https://github.com/twitter/the-algorithm/issues/236

The file in question is now here: https://github.com/twitter/the-algorithm/blob/main/home-mixe... author_is_elon, author_is_democrat, and author_is_republican are in fact gone. Now there is grok_politics_neutral, grok_politics_left, and grok_politics_right. This is in addition to a whole group of other categories, such as grok_category_sports and grok_category_music. All are based on annotations by Grok. Importantly,…

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Re: Source code for the X recommendation algorithm

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Post by moralestapia »

jezzamon wrote: post #63
gyanchawdhary wrote: post #62

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Post Musk Twitter is amazing. It lets you see how stories, opinions that you support or don’t are attacked from all sides and Community noted / @grok fact checked … a lot of UX changes too .. pre Musk, the moderation / banning was biased and arbitrary (who is watching the watchers?) .. my personal fav was to see the special tick removed from journalists ..

I think that's the first time I've seen someone positive about that change. My experience has been by showing blue tick users above others, the experience has become a lot more biased because it's only a certain type of person that pays for Twitter

Then make that two times.

I also think Twitter under Musk is much better, way much more functionality in it.

Re: Source code for the X recommendation algorithm

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Post by swaptr »

Not sure if this is the right place to ask, but why does Bluesky feel so much faster to load and interact with compared to X? On the surface, both have similar interfaces and equally rich content, yet Bluesky consistently feels snappier and more responsive, even though it’s the newer platform.

Re: Source code for the X recommendation algorithm

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Post by simianwords »

gyanchawdhary wrote: post #62
snapcaster wrote: post #42

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Why? I've never been a twitter user

Post Musk Twitter is amazing. It lets you see how stories, opinions that you support or don’t are attacked from all sides and Community noted / @grok fact checked … a lot of UX changes too .. pre Musk, the moderation / banning was biased and arbitrary (who is watching the watchers?) .. my personal fav was to see the special tick removed from journalists ..

I’m a big fan of grok fact checks.

Re: Source code for the X recommendation algorithm

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Post by simianwords »

ivape wrote: post #50
barbazoo wrote: post #29

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Elon’s father was not keen on him leaving South Africa from what I recall. There was an element of daddy doesn’t believe in me . He left against his fathers wishes. https://people.com/human-interest/elon-musk-errol-musk-relat... ’“He was such a terrible human being,” Elon, 46, told the magazine. “You have no idea.”’ Daddy issues out the ass. This is actually the simplest answer, because people that pursue external va…

This is the most shallow take on Elon I have read.

Re: Source code for the X recommendation algorithm

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Post by gyanchawdhary »

jezzamon wrote: post #63
gyanchawdhary wrote: post #62

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Post Musk Twitter is amazing. It lets you see how stories, opinions that you support or don’t are attacked from all sides and Community noted / @grok fact checked … a lot of UX changes too .. pre Musk, the moderation / banning was biased and arbitrary (who is watching the watchers?) .. my personal fav was to see the special tick removed from journalists ..

I think that's the first time I've seen someone positive about that change. My experience has been by showing blue tick users above others, the experience has become a lot more biased because it's only a certain type of person that pays for Twitter

Isn’t that a good thing that you have already created a mental filter about people who pay for it as being of a “certain type” .. the problem with ticks being bestowed upon some journalists is that they become the brokers/influencers by the virtue of simply working for a newspaper .. that power is vaporised now .. tbh the real question is why didn’t twitter pre musk implement community notes .. I mean it’s not such a bleeding edge / hard to execute idea ..
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