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Source code for Twitter's Recommendation Algorithm
https://blog.twitter.com/engineering/en_us/topics/open-source/2023/twitter-recommendation-algorithm
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Users finally wake up to how incredibly incompetent Elon Musk is ("probable spam") #2061

Open TolstoyDotCom opened 5 months ago

TolstoyDotCom commented 5 months ago

Describe the bug Someone changed the 'Show more replies' link so it now reads 'Probable spam'. If you do a search, you'll see several users all saying the tweets labeled as "spam" are... just regular tweets. This was clearly a mistake on Elon Musk's part: he's waking people up to how grossly, incredibly incompetent he is. Now, regular users can see that what Elon Musk calls "spam" usually isn't.

To Reproduce View a tweet, scroll down, see the 'Probable spam' section. Are those tweets spam?

Expected behavior You'd see actual spam, like automated camgirl tweets, etc.

Additional context It's key to note that the only thing that's changed is the label. The tweets above 'show more replies'/'probable spam' are labeled as "HighQuality" in the AJAX, even if they aren't. Those below 'show more replies'/'probable spam' are labeled as "LowQuality" in the AJAX, even if they aren't. (There's a third level: "AbusiveQuality", usually for those who've said a Bad Word but in many cases just someone who's very disfavored). See my Twitter censorship checker for a longer discussion.

ghost commented 3 months ago

Very in-depth. Have you considered Mastodon?

codingneko commented 3 months ago

Have you considered joining the Fediverse? (Also mistakenly known as Mastodon)