This article was originally set to be published in January of 2023, it covers the new version of the “for you” page that lead to many people experiencing a flurry of far right recommended lists & users. Over the last week a new update was released to Twitter's algorithm, & the new home page has caused headaches for several users. Elon himself came out & said “Trashing accounts that you hate will cause our algorithm to show you more of those accounts, as it is keying off of your interactions. Basically saying if you love trashing *that* account, then you will probably also love trashing *this* account. Not actually wrong lol.” foolishness aside he is actually wrong, or at least not completely correct. As many of you know your recommendation feed will usually show you topics you follow, accounts you follow, & accounts you commonly *like* but on the other side of that it will also recommend the people who are followed by the accounts you follow, & who they interact with commonly based on your engagement with any particular account that you're following based on your engagement with that account.
For You: The Rise of Right Wing Recommendations
For You: The Rise of Right Wing…
For You: The Rise of Right Wing Recommendations
This article was originally set to be published in January of 2023, it covers the new version of the “for you” page that lead to many people experiencing a flurry of far right recommended lists & users. Over the last week a new update was released to Twitter's algorithm, & the new home page has caused headaches for several users. Elon himself came out & said “Trashing accounts that you hate will cause our algorithm to show you more of those accounts, as it is keying off of your interactions. Basically saying if you love trashing *that* account, then you will probably also love trashing *this* account. Not actually wrong lol.” foolishness aside he is actually wrong, or at least not completely correct. As many of you know your recommendation feed will usually show you topics you follow, accounts you follow, & accounts you commonly *like* but on the other side of that it will also recommend the people who are followed by the accounts you follow, & who they interact with commonly based on your engagement with any particular account that you're following based on your engagement with that account.