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0 pointsdebugnik2y ago0 comments

> a hoax last month about the algorithm being tweaked to make everyone view Elon’s tweets

Didn't this just reveal that they're A/B testing on Musk's tweet performance? At the very least they're avoiding regressions, and I guess any incidental improvements to it won't be reversed, so isn't it fundamentally the same? Unless we're taking the word "everyone" literally, I guess.

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jrsj2y ago

I don’t remember the specifics but I think there was a case where they accidentally amplified his tweets too much and they did reverse that change. He tweeted about it but I think it was a couple months back so it would take a bit to find.

nailer2y ago

Tabloid sites (Verge, Vice, etc) reported it as making Elon’s tweets appear in everyone’s timeline all based on the same blog article.

tomberin2y ago

not tabloids, not a hoax, did you go on Twitter during that period? I have him blocked and saw his tweets

nailer2y ago

Yes tabloids, both known for making up stories and sensationalism, all sourced from the same single blog article, easily confirmable looking as false at the view count for Elon’s tweets, explained by engineers as exactly what we saw here (logging output not changing output) and I don’t believe you re: seeing his tweets despite blocking him. Nobody else had that happen.

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0 pointsdebugnik2y ago0 comments

> a hoax last month about the algorithm being tweaked to make everyone view Elon’s tweets

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jrsj2y ago

nailer2y ago

Tabloid sites (Verge, Vice, etc) reported it as making Elon’s tweets appear in everyone’s timeline all based on the same blog article.

tomberin2y ago

not tabloids, not a hoax, did you go on Twitter during that period? I have him blocked and saw his tweets

nailer2y ago

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