Elena Rossini 🌈16h 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 threadAdam Kaliszewski  ðŸŒ±15h ago
@_elena are you sure it's fake, not due to some comments/reactions from other servers not being displayed correctly? IDK and I'm not defending W in any way, just a purely technical question.
Show threadElena Rossini 🌈15h ago
@kalisz79 yes I tripled checked with all available sources and even asked dev friends experienced in ATproto to confirm. Fabricated number of comments, but likes and boosts seem accurate
Show threadAdam Kaliszewski  ðŸŒ±
Thanks, really interesting (and saddening).
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