It's not plausible that the bias against conservatives isn't intentional at this point though- and it is a problem.
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Replying to @ReginaldPGrant @eigenrobot
The idea that any outcome like that is intentional isn't plausible. That's just not the kind of control people have over their codebases.
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Replying to @geekethics @ReginaldPGrant
I think he's actually correct but it's not really in the codebase
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Replying to @eigenrobot @ReginaldPGrant
Two different senses of bias I guess? If we mean things like active intervention to take down specific pages then sure it's intentional, though I'd call that deliberate censorship more than bias. If we mean favouring certain content that's not under deliberate control.
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Replying to @geekethics @eigenrobot
It's clear that the algorithms aren't simply allowed to run- there is active interference to for instance- strip blue checks from right wing people, specifically ban/suspend right wing people, the whole "learn to code" thing, to suppress right wing hashtags & boost left wing ones
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Replying to @ReginaldPGrant @eigenrobot
Wait, you think "learn to code" is a thing because of active intervention by the employees of social media companies? That's ... a weird thing to believe. Memes happen because of users not because of interference.
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Replying to @geekethics @ReginaldPGrant
naw but they suspend/ban people who say it to bluechecks now
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Replying to @eigenrobot @ReginaldPGrant
They do? That seems such an incredible waste of time. Well, more fool them I guess.
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Replying to @geekethics @ReginaldPGrant
It's probably rational in some sense. Plausible to me that Twitter actually does need (or thinks they need) to cater to bluecheck needs for (reasons????). Also possible it's rational on some internal level--integrity team benefits at cost of broader company or whatever
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Replying to @eigenrobot @ReginaldPGrant
The idea of "bluechecks" as a category of like ... stakeholders? ... seems utterly alien to how I understand the site. But maybe I just don't hang out in the kinds of circles where such an idea makes sense.
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We might check with our resident bluecheck @sonyaellenmann
I know they get extra platform tools at the very least
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