The new Twitter "quality filter" looks like an obvious pander to elite "power users" at the expense of regular users https://blog.twitter.com/2016/new-ways-to-control-your-experience-on-twitter …
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Elite cadres already gesticulate for one another on Twitter at stultifying rates: now they'll be able to do so with even less interruption
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Begging for our benevolent, all-knowing tech overlords for protection from "abuse" is a disaster waiting to happen.
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"Abuse" is an ill-defined, highly fungible concept often appropriated for cynical purposes by malevolent actors. Thus the scare quotes.
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Entrusting the High Priests of Tech to unilaterally define what "abuse" means by way of hazy, secret algorithms = what could go wrong?
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What does it filter out exactly?
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Read the post; it's vague, looks ostensibly aimed at diminishing spam, but in all likelihood goes well beyond that.
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Twitter was designed to be used amongst a circle of friends who generally like one another but became a political jungle. So be it.
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I'm glad you're satisfied.
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The recognition that Twitter is a telephone and not a megaphone chafes at the ego of the Pundit Class.
Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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