What? No no no. This won't make it Facebook. It'll lose Twitterness without becoming FB. What a shortsighted move.https://twitter.com/elliosch/status/695789756089831424 …
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Why this instead of fixing basics, focusing on conversation tools, empowering users: lists; better tools for mute/block; better threading?
@zeynep because algos are sexy for investor/financial types. "fixing basics" == "why didn't you get them right the first time?" :(
If Twitter becomes a place that values "engagement" defined as viewership over conversation, how can it compete with Facebook? FB is better.
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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