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0 pointsryzvonusef2y ago0 comments

Some more strange quirks:

https://twitter.com/Ben_Cary_/status/1641893540614623258

    > Twitter use to rank posts higher for  those who had more followers/less people they follow

    > They are removing that as of today but kinda interesting that someone with 10k/10k followers would get less reach than if they had 10k followers and only followed 6k

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suddenclarity2y ago

Might be a language barrier from my side but it doesn't really sound like a "strange quirk" but rather a wise decision. Following people to get followers is one of the oldest spam methods on social media. It's not surprising that they would reduce the reach of accounts using those methods.

ryzvonusefOP2y ago

good point! "interesting insight" might have been a better phrase. i am just skimming twitter to get some scoops on the algo release

suddenclarity2y ago

And I appreciate it. I'm looking forward to people analysing all of it so we eventually can get an in-depth lecture on both the techniques and their decisions.

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ryzvonusefOP2y ago

https://twitter.com/_johnforte/status/1641900138305134594

    > Twitter is also using the page rank algo that google created. Basically, if a lot of people interact with the user they create more authority in the system.

ryzvonusefOP2y ago

https://twitter.com/federicolois/status/1641900547555901441

    > Interesting piece here. If you are following less than 500 and  you are verified your reputation is 100.

ryzvonusefOP2y ago

https://twitter.com/carlcarrie/status/1641900542573133826

    > The Twitter Algo uses graph of followers and tweet similarity to identify what alignment you are politically

hk__22y ago

> > Twitter is also using the page rank algo that google created

Nitpick, but the PageRank algorithm was created before Google, because it was the foundation of it.

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0 pointsryzvonusef2y ago0 comments

Some more strange quirks:

https://twitter.com/Ben_Cary_/status/1641893540614623258

    > Twitter use to rank posts higher for  those who had more followers/less people they follow

    > They are removing that as of today but kinda interesting that someone with 10k/10k followers would get less reach than if they had 10k followers and only followed 6k

0 comments

suddenclarity2y ago

ryzvonusefOP2y ago

good point! "interesting insight" might have been a better phrase. i am just skimming twitter to get some scoops on the algo release

suddenclarity2y ago

And I appreciate it. I'm looking forward to people analysing all of it so we eventually can get an in-depth lecture on both the techniques and their decisions.

1 more reply

ryzvonusefOP2y ago

https://twitter.com/_johnforte/status/1641900138305134594

    > Twitter is also using the page rank algo that google created. Basically, if a lot of people interact with the user they create more authority in the system.

ryzvonusefOP2y ago

https://twitter.com/federicolois/status/1641900547555901441

    > Interesting piece here. If you are following less than 500 and  you are verified your reputation is 100.

ryzvonusefOP2y ago

https://twitter.com/carlcarrie/status/1641900542573133826

    > The Twitter Algo uses graph of followers and tweet similarity to identify what alignment you are politically

hk__22y ago

> > Twitter is also using the page rank algo that google created

Nitpick, but the PageRank algorithm was created before Google, because it was the foundation of it.

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