I was disappointed by this article and how it omitted the fact that Twitter hardcoded how references to Russia's invasion of Ukraine should be downranked.
What push? Conclude what you want, preferably based off available evidence.
> It definitely highlights that Twitter is happy to categorize and treat Ukrainian content differently which is insightful to know.
Not really. That particular analysis AFAICT, highlights the term UkraineCrisisTopic occurs in the twitter algo code base somewhere.
I'm not really looking to twitter to say "Actually, we've all heard a bit too much about Tennis". I don't want Twitter's timeline to have an editorial voice.
Sorry, that's a bullshit excuse. Russia's invasion of Ukraine was hardcoded to be downranked like DMCA violations and high toxicity content.
This has zero do to with "editorial voice" or other bullshit excuse. This was a blatant attempt to smuther any reference on what Russia is doing to Ukraine.
Can we at least have one "safe space" where we don't have to constantly hear about death and glorification of weapons? Especially since we've never talked about Yemen or Syria with the same intensity.
I don't get why you feel the need to get on the offensive about Russia. The only case I'm making is that being constantly subjected to rushed war news pieces isn't of any use except the instigation of primal/emotional reactions.
The most trustworthy information will be disclosed after the war is over anyway, when the need for propaganda diminishes.
[1] https://apnews.com/article/ukrainian-children-russia-7493cb2...
FYI I'll ignore it as I've been bombarded with this children in camps news piece for days already on all the media I have access to.
Since I'm not a hypocrite like you, I can tell you that I don't care at all about what's happening in Ukraine as I prefer living my day without being forcefed terrifying/incorrect news or even worse propaganda. The same way as I ignored what was happening in Syria and Yemen or whatever other war/disaster happening right now in the world.
You made no point. Just because you don't want to follow a topic that does not mean it's ok to censor it and stop everyone from liking things you don't like. That would be a stupid thing to defend, specially considering your content is already served by recommendation systems.
Oh I've made it very clearly. You just don't seem to be interested in understanding it nor having an honest discussion on it.
> Just because you don't want to follow a topic that does not mean it's ok to censor it and stop everyone from liking things you don't like.
Which I never did or asked for.
On the other hand, you clearly show an intent to force feed everyone else with the kind of news you deem more relevant than others. Don't like the "editorial line" of Twitter? Go read the Kiev Independent.
Why should twitter follow your editorial line of preference, or why should I be subjected to it?
If you can answer that and not consider yourself a lunatic demanding your singular topic to be at the forefront for all people at all times, then consider yourself the most important person in the world.
I click away from conversations dealing with AI because they tend to be filled with people scared about something that does not exist or a blatant misunderstanding of what a tool does. I close websites that have enormous spins on topics I am intimately familiar with either lies through omission or generally ignorant statements that demonstrate no understanding of what is the main topic.
Today, after posting this comment, I will click off Hackernews, because your comment is an example of the weird behavior that infests discussions across the internet, demanding only their position be the correct one even in the face of normal, good faith explanations for why your position may be not be correct. I know I am being a major hypocrite because I've insulted you in the previous section and in this one as well, but that doesn't matter to me right now.
Hackernews will lose my engagement today, and if I am ever asked why I left, that blame is going to be you. I may not/won't return for a while. At best, I'll be here tomorrow, at worst I will never return. The effect that may have on Hackernews is to be determined, but what is known to whoever at all cares about engagement is they've lost a user.
That's not it.
Thanks but I prefer to not be subjected to constant hate speech and the militarization of any discourse. Try to visit reddit these days, it's become a cesspool of war propaganda and military glorification.
Damned if you do: people will question your political stance.
Damned if you don't: you'll lose a lot of users who uses twitter for various reasons other than politics and warfare. People that just want to relax and unwind, be entertained, and plug into the matrix.
Seriously though I think a better UI for muting topics would be a better user interface than hardcoding these things. In twitter you can mute topics but you gotta dig through the settings first.
They could simply provide option to block tweets with specific hashtags (or maybe they already do, I don't use twitter), and I think everyone would like that.