And your power users? They'll go to Facebook. Facebook has a huge upside. If we're fighting algorithms, might as well go there.
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Twitter's core, it's beating heart, is conversation, it's human filters, and real-time interaction. Algorithm kills all that.
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Twitter can ADD algorithmic "discovery" tab, support conversation, onboarding, lists, user tools. Instead: kill what keeps us coming back?
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Twitter product: stagnant; bugs unsolved; innovation meager.Yet here we are, by the millions. Algorithmic default feed will kill our reason.
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Like my Facebook page please! Really!

If dealing with an algorithm anyway, I'll invest time in bigger platform.https://facebook.com/technosociology 6 replies 8 retweets 26 likes -
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Breaking user experience into segments will make problems multiply and kill core. FIX basic issues, ADD features.https://twitter.com/zeynep/status/695803480334843905 …
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Look, I liked & used the algorithmic discovery tab. Problems with algorithm as default feed (opt-in or out) is it'll change the ecosystem.
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Whatever plays well to the algorithm will go further since more will see it. There is no getting around this feedback loop.
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If Twitter becomes a place that values "engagement" defined as viewership over conversation, how can it compete with Facebook? FB is better.
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Human filtering, public, real-time(ish) conversation are Twitter's strengths. I don't see why it's running into FB's lane. FB already there.
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