Mastodawn

muesli Mar 31, 2023

"The Algorithm". I'm sorry, but this is just embarrassing.

https://github.com/twitter/the-algorithm/blob/7f90d0ca342b928b479b512ec51ac2c3821f5922/home-mixer/server/src/main/scala/com/twitter/home_mixer/functional_component/decorator/HomeTweetTypePredicates.scala#L225-L246

the-algorithm/home-mixer/server/src/main/scala/com/twitter/home_mixer/functional_component/decorator/HomeTweetTypePredicates.scala at 7f90d0ca342b928b479b512ec51ac2c3821f5922 · twitter/the-algorithm

Source code for Twitter's Recommendation Algorithm - twitter/the-algorithm

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Jonas Eschenburg

@fribbledom a little bit embarrassing for sure but it makes sense for them to collect metrics on whether certain groups of people (including the singleton group consisting of just Elon) are getting underrepresented by the actual algorithm.