Elena Rossini 🌈15h ago

SCOOP: on #WSocial's website, comment counts for posts by prominent users are incorrectly displayed, showing artificially elevated numbers.

An ATproto user came up with an interesting theory for it.

My article: "W Social, Fictional Metrics and the Beauty of Open Data"

🔗 : https://blog.elenarossini.com/w-social-fictional-metrics-and-the-beauty-of-open-data/

#blog #BigTech #EUBigTech #TEP #TrustedEuropeanPlatforms #TrustYourFeed

W Social, Fictional Metrics and the Beauty of Open Data

W Social's tagline is "Trust Your Feed" but the company's landing page displays inflated engagement metrics - a misrepresentation that contradicts its own promise.

Elena Rossini
Show threadMark Vanderbeeken15h ago
@_elena You nailed the very essence of the problem with “trust”. Of course the very fact that the EU endorses this undermines trust in them too. Thank you.
Show threadMark Vanderbeeken15h ago
@_elena So the European Commission website links in its footer to a website that inflates (i.e. falsifies) the engagement of its president with the public. 😡
@Marloezovic
Show threadElena Rossini 🌈15h ago

@vanderbeeken precisely! And this is done very deliberately.

The number of likes and shares is accurate, it's the comments that are faked / artificially boosted.

cc @Marloezovic @markusreuter @corentinbechade @adfichter

Show threadcaffetino
@_elena oh wow! Propaganda baked in. @vanderbeeken @Marloezovic @markusreuter @corentinbechade @adfichter
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