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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/

“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/

"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/

@daveyalba That is amazing. Hard to even be mad because the brazenness of it is just so shocking.