[HN Gopher] How Twitter's Algorithmic Feed Works ___________________________________________________________________ How Twitter's Algorithmic Feed Works Author : transitivebs Score : 11 points Date : 2022-04-21 22:05 UTC (55 minutes ago) (HTM) web link (transitivebullsh.it) (TXT) w3m dump (transitivebullsh.it) | transitivebs wrote: | Author here. I needed to split this up into multiple posts | because it required a lot deeper dive than I had originally | expected. | | What I'm really interested in, however, is help with answering | the following questions: | | What would open sourcing the Twitter algorithm actually look | like? | | Would it be possible to abstract away all of the engineering | complexity that it takes to run a global, production system like | Twitter and produce an OSS spec or API that is actually useful? | | Would it be possible to produce meaningful results without access | to Twitter's full data set? | | What does meaningful even mean here? How would we define success? | | What would need to happen in order to make this a reality? | | What are some practical proposals that would help improve the | status quo? ___________________________________________________________________ (page generated 2022-04-21 23:00 UTC)