Actually, I think Twitter was better before it went algorithmic. (In other words, when it was the way Mastodon is.) Certainly someone genuinely committed, as Elon claims he is, to making Twitter a better town square could tamp down the tribalism a bit via algorithmic adjustment. But that might conflict with maximizing revenue--which is o…
Actually, I think Twitter was better before it went algorithmic. (In other words, when it was the way Mastodon is.) Certainly someone genuinely committed, as Elon claims he is, to making Twitter a better town square could tamp down the tribalism a bit via algorithmic adjustment. But that might conflict with maximizing revenue--which is one problem with his having overpaid and gone into debt to finance the deal; he's desperate for revenue..
In terms of news sources, Twitter apparently boosted conservative ones more than leftish ones, at least according to some third party rating of news sources. But things were probably different when it came to pundits, maybe because, identifying as underdogs and victims, they were more shrill and extreme.
Actually, I think Twitter was better before it went algorithmic. (In other words, when it was the way Mastodon is.) Certainly someone genuinely committed, as Elon claims he is, to making Twitter a better town square could tamp down the tribalism a bit via algorithmic adjustment. But that might conflict with maximizing revenue--which is one problem with his having overpaid and gone into debt to finance the deal; he's desperate for revenue..
In terms of news sources, Twitter apparently boosted conservative ones more than leftish ones, at least according to some third party rating of news sources. But things were probably different when it came to pundits, maybe because, identifying as underdogs and victims, they were more shrill and extreme.