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Twitter has hardcoded downranking of Ukraine coverage?!?

uh, but upranking if you include an image...
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Twitter revealed its algorithm to the world.

But what does it mean for you?

I spent the evening analyzing it.

Here’s what you need to know:
twitter.com/aakashg0/status/16

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So let me get this straight. I am detected as likely spam if I cite my sources.🤦‍♂️ Fuuuuck.

Note: if Twitter believes it's "news" then it's okay.

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3. Links hurt, unless you have enough engagement

Generally external links get you marked as spam.

Unless you have enough engagement.
twitter.com/aakashg0/status/16

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One more thing, this analysis doesn't look very trustworthy: it doesn't match its own screenshots. e.g. there's no indication that a misspelling makes the tweet be detected as non-English.

(But now I have to wonder how to tell Twitter I can speak Spanish)

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9. Making up words or misspelling hurts

Words that are identified as “unknown language” are given 0.01, which is a huge penalty.

Anything under 1 is bad.

This is re…
twitter.com/aakashg0/status/16

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