Davey AlbaDec 19, 2022

NEW: Proud that the pub I work for is doing some of the best analysis of Twitter's features promoted under the Musk era.

Here's a new analysis of the fact-checking darling Community Notes, which *DOESN'T* display context notes on Twitter's most divisive tweets https://www.bloomberg.com/graphics/2022-twitter-birdwatch-community-notes-misinformation-politics/

Show threadDavey AlbaDec 19, 2022
“Far fewer users are classified as being in the middle. In order for notes to be publicly displayed, the algorithm requires ‘helpful’ votes from users on both sides of the political spectrum.” https://www.bloomberg.com/graphics/2022-twitter-birdwatch-community-notes-misinformation-politics/
Show threadDavey AlbaDec 19, 2022
"Abortion is never medically necessary to save the life of a mother," reads a tweet from
@[email protected]. This is factually untrue, but because more “left-leaning” accounts voted on the contextual note, the note is suppressed & Twitter says it “needs more ratings.” https://www.bloomberg.com/graphics/2022-twitter-birdwatch-community-notes-misinformation-politics/
Show threadDavid RolfeDec 19, 2022
@daveyalba seems like a pretty significant flaw in their meta-moderation if it fails on politicized facts.
Show threadDavey Alba
@Dorolfe you would think, right?
Dec 19, 2022 at 2:09pmWeb
Show threadDrewDec 19, 2022
@daveyalba @Dorolfe what a disingenuous metric. Left of what? How do measure each person's "leftness"?
Show threadDavid RolfeDec 19, 2022
@Drew whether or not they follow proud boys or trump — haha it’s probably pretty easy and interesting to graph the network by political follows.
Show threadDavid RolfeDec 19, 2022
@Drew dunno if Twitter employed political science researchers or subject area experts for this stuff. They could’ve?
Show threadDrewDec 19, 2022
@Dorolfe but just because you follow someone, doesn't mean you agree with them
Show threadDavid RolfeDec 19, 2022
@Drew oh I agree! There’s absolutely complexities in interpreting that graph, but with millions of accounts you can probably suss out policy preferences by tweet analysts, rt behavior, along with the raw social graph etc.
Show threadDavid RolfeDec 19, 2022
@daveyalba lolsob this gives me we’re all doomed vibes.