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Twitter Locks Down Product Changes After Agreeing to Musk Bid - https://finance.yahoo.com/news/twitter-locks-down-product-ch...
> Twitter imposed the temporary ban to keep employees who may be miffed about the deal from “going rogue,” according to one of the people. What could a rogue employee do?
Many people have commented that it is empty. However what they do not realize is that there has never actually been an algorithm and that is why it is empty.
Many people have commented that it is empty. However what they do not realize is that there has never actually been an algorithm and that is why it is empty.
I mean even if timelines were totally random, or based on some external facts, there is an algorithm that is being used to order them.
This isn't just an academic distinction. Claiming 'there is no algorithm' because the algorithm is intentionally or unintentionally obfuscated or complicated has implications if that claim of 'no algorithm' is accepted. If my algorithm for approving mortgage applications is explicitly racist, I can just spread it's functionality across myriad services owned by lots of teams, make it almost impossible to figure out how it works, and then avoid any responsibility by saying 'there is no algorithm to decide loan approvals'? That would be bullshit!
Anyone who actually uses Twitter already knows the algorithm: * Chronological - reverse sort by date * Home - for all of the followed topics, recommended topics, retweets and tweets in the past day determine the estimated level of engagement, include the highest and reverse sort by date. This is likely to be a fairly basic ML model. It will be uncontroversial, technically unsophisticated and of no practical use to an…
Anyone who actually uses Twitter already knows the algorithm: * Chronological - reverse sort by date * Home - for all of the followed topics, recommended topics, retweets and tweets in the past day determine the estimated level of engagement, include the highest and reverse sort by date. This is likely to be a fairly basic ML model. It will be uncontroversial, technically unsophisticated and of no practical use to an…
Makes me wonder how Twitter employees internally are handling the news. If they are celebrating or commiserating?
if ($has_blue_checkmark) show_post_to($everyone);
Seems weird to start as a non-private repo until there's some content. Also bit of an unusual name. Can't tell if this is internal trolling or the future
So not a troll, but yes it is odd to put up an empty repo, and announce the repo before there is anything in it.
So I'm not sure what the ultimate point of this exercise is other than producing faux-transparency.
I tried to make a pull request already, haha. error forking repo: HTTP 403: The repository exists, but it contains no Git content. Empty repositories cannot be forked. ( https://api.github.com/repos/twitter/the-algorithm/forks ) My thoughts: - Explicit rules for temporary and permanent bans - Edit button - More fun and thoughtful conversations like HN - Less thought bubble Brooklyn based reporters, less VC and side g…