Elon Musk, a potential future Twitter owner and an outspoken supporter of freedom of speech, recently criticized the platform’s algorithm, calling it manipulative.
Twitter’s algorithm determines the order in which posts appear in a user’s news feed. Users can switch between the chronological order of tweets by tapping the white star icon in the upper-right corner of their home screen.
In a tweet urging his followers to try two different features of Twitter, Musk said that the algorithm manipulates people in ways they don’t know.
Editing your Twitter feed is essential:
1. Press the Home button.
2. Tap the stars in the upper right corner of the screen.
3. Select Recent Tweets.The algorithm manipulates you in ways you are not aware of.
It’s easy to move back and forth to see the difference.
– Elon Musk (@elonmusk) 14 May 2022
“The algorithm is manipulating you in ways you don’t understand,” said the CEO of Tesla and SpaceX. “It’s easy to move back and forth to see the difference.”
Twitter timeline button (circled in red).
Musk’s criticism of the algorithm sparked an outcry from Jack Dorsey for violating free speech, which led to the company’s development in its current form while serving as CEO.
It is only designed to save you time when you have not used the application for a while.
check to refresh will also reverse cron.
– Jack (@jack) 14 May 2022
“It was designed to save you time when you haven’t used the app for a while,” Dorsey said.
In another tweet, Dorsey denied the claim that the algorithm was designed to manipulate users.
“It was not meant to be manipulated. It was designed to capture you and do what you are doing. It could have unintended consequences.”
It is only designed to save you time when you have not used the application for a while.
check to refresh will also reverse cron.
– Jack
(@jack) 14 May 2022
“So everyone should be able to choose whether to use an algorithm and which one. A simple solution to all this.
This author filed a lawsuit in 2018 to disable content filters and moderation mode.
However, Twitter currently offers only two options to its users. The first is an official Twitter enforcement algorithm, the details of which are known only to its creators, making it impossible for the public to know if and how it was manipulated.
The second is a chronological feed that not many know how to activate. If you look, it’s pretty obvious what the three-star icon does on Twitter – as if you didn’t want the platform to know.
Allum Bohari is senior technical correspondent for Breitbart News. He is the author of #DELETED: Big Tech’s War to Delete the Trump Movement and Steal the Election.
Source: Breitbart
