[HN Gopher] How Twitter's Algorithmic Feed Works
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       How Twitter's Algorithmic Feed Works
        
       Author : transitivebs
       Score  : 11 points
       Date   : 2022-04-21 22:05 UTC (55 minutes ago)
        
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       | 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.
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       | What I'm really interested in, however, is help with answering
       | the following questions:
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       | What would open sourcing the Twitter algorithm actually look
       | like?
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       | 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?
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       | Would it be possible to produce meaningful results without access
       | to Twitter's full data set?
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       | What does meaningful even mean here? How would we define success?
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       | What would need to happen in order to make this a reality?
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       | What are some practical proposals that would help improve the
       | status quo?
        
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