The code for Twitter is now open for the public to see, and this little bit helps explain how tweets get 'ranked' by the algorithm.
Musk made the whole code open to the public to see yesterday, this is someone who went trolling through the code to see how engagement was monitored/boosted by the algorithms.Provenance of the information?
On investigation, no he did not. Twitter released some of the code. What they released was specifically the stuff that controls how stuff gets shared more or less. This feels less like brilliant code analysis and more like a simple retweet.Musk made the whole code open to the public to see yesterday, this is someone who went trolling through the code to see how engagement was monitored/boosted by the algorithms.
Anyone that wants to can now go and verify what is in the Twitter code now.
They're feeding what drives engagement.On investigation, no he did not. Twitter released some of the code. What they released was specifically the stuff that controls how stuff gets shared more or less. This feels less like brilliant code analysis and more like a simple retweet.
That doesn't change that if this is all actually in there it's not great, but to my mind the worse part is that twitter felt the need to specifically label content as either Republican or Democrat and then share it accordingly. Feeding people only what agrees with and amplifies their current views probably makes aense for building trust and engagement but I think that kinda bubbling actively damages society.
Yeah, actively making tweet sharing based on presumed political alignment of the tweet in question is a horrible precedent.On investigation, no he did not. Twitter released some of the code. What they released was specifically the stuff that controls how stuff gets shared more or less. This feels less like brilliant code analysis and more like a simple retweet.
That doesn't change that if this is all actually in there it's not great, but to my mind the worse part is that twitter felt the need to specifically label content as either Republican or Democrat and then share it accordingly. Feeding people only what agrees with and amplifies their current views probably makes aense for building trust and engagement but I think that kinda bubbling actively damages society.
Is the more basic reason; make the big quarterly earning line go up is the ultimate driver of many corpo decisions.They're feeding what drives engagement.
NPR will no longer use Twitter due to being labeled as "government funded media" on its Twitter profile. They state they did this because it implies they are not editorially independent.
NPR won't use Twitter after being labeled 'government-funded media'
National Public Radio is quitting Twitter over the social media company's recent actions under owner Elon Musk to stamp it with labels the news organization says are meant to undermine its credibility.www.pbs.org
Their last tweet for now.
It's a short thread with links to download their app, newsletters and find them on other social media like Facebook, Instagram and TikTok.
If you get money from the goverment you are government funded, its litterally the truth.
NPR will no longer use Twitter due to being labeled as "government funded media" on its Twitter profile. They state they did this because it implies they are not editorially independent.
NPR won't use Twitter after being labeled 'government-funded media'
National Public Radio is quitting Twitter over the social media company's recent actions under owner Elon Musk to stamp it with labels the news organization says are meant to undermine its credibility.www.pbs.org
Their last tweet for now.
It's a short thread with links to download their app, newsletters and find them on other social media like Facebook, Instagram and TikTok.
They literally have "public" in the name and are government funde
It differs from other non-profit membership media organizations such as the Associated Press, in that it was established by an act of Congress.[4]
So its mostly the usual cycle of people screeching on Twitter about how they're being by Twitter.National Public Radio replaced the National Educational Radio Network on February 26, 1970, following Congressional passage of the Public Broadcasting Act of 1967.[12] This act was signed into law by 36th President Lyndon B. Johnson, and established the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, which also created the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) for television in addition to NPR. A CPB organizing committee under John Witherspoon first created a board of directors chaired by Bernard Mayes.
@Marduk I only half-agree with you here.What a bunch of manipulative bastards being butthurt about people knowing basic facts about them. They literally have "public" in the name and are government funded, if they think that the most minimal illusion of independence is so necessary to their very "benevolent" work, well, they always have the option of making it reality, leaving NPR, and setting up a private radio that won't take government money on principle.
Might need a separate thread for the Twitter Departures. It's going to sound like an airport soon.
The name George Hahn sounds familiar but also extremely generic. RIP.