{"id":1123988,"date":"2023-03-31T16:05:11","date_gmt":"2023-03-31T20:05:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/?p=1123988"},"modified":"2023-03-31T16:05:11","modified_gmt":"2023-03-31T20:05:11","slug":"twitters-recommendation-algorithm-is-now-on-github","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/?p=1123988","title":{"rendered":"Twitter\u2019s recommendation algorithm is now on GitHub"},"content":{"rendered":"

Nearly a year after Elon Musk first floated<\/a> the idea of making Twitter\u2019s recommendation algorithm public, the company has posted the source code for its recommendation algorithm on GitHub<\/a>. In a Twitter Space discussing the move, Musk said he hoped users would be able to find potential \u201cissues\u201d in the code and help make it better.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur initial release of the so-called algorithm is going to be quite embarrassing and people are gonna find a lot of mistakes but we’re going to fix them very quickly,\u201d Musk said.<\/p>\n

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Notably, the code released Friday only deals with how tweets are shown in Twitter’s “For You” feed. The company didn’t release the underlying code for its search algorithm or how content is displayed on other parts of Twitter, though Musk said the company would “for sure” open-source the search algorithm as well.<\/p>\n

In a blog post<\/a> outlining how Twitter\u2019s recommendations work, the company explained the various steps of the algorithm, including ranking and filtering. But Twitter users have already been finding interesting details in the code itself. For example, Jane Manchun Wong noted that \u201cTwitter\u2019s algorithm specifically labels whether the Tweet author is Elon Musk.\u201d That may offer yet another explanation<\/a> for why Musk\u2019s tweets appear so often. Wong also noted that the algorithm has labels indicating whether the tweet author is a \u201cpower user\u201d as well as whether they are a Republican or Democrat.<\/p>\n

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Twitter\u2019s algorithm specifically labels whether the Tweet author is Elon Musk<\/p>\n

\u201cauthor_is_elon\u201d<\/p>\n

besides the Democrat, Republican and \u201cPower User\u201d labelshttps:\/\/t.co\/fhpBjdfifX<\/a>pic.twitter.com\/orCPvfMTb9<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Jane Manchun Wong (@wongmjane) March 31, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n

When asked about that aspect of the algorithm in the Twitter Space, Musk said \u201cI agree that shouldn\u2019t be there \u2026 it definitely shouldn’t be dividing people into Republicans and Democrats, that makes no sense.\u201d A Twitter engineer later followed up to clarify that the categories were only for \u201cstat tracking purposes and it has nothing to do with the algorithm.\u201d He said the labels are meant \u201cto make sure we don’t bias towards one group versus another one\u201d though he didn\u2019t address why Musk had his own category.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut isn\u2019t it weird that you have four categories and one of them is Elon,\u201d the questioner responded. \u201cI think it\u2019s weird,\u201d Musk said. \u201cThis was the first time I\u2019m learning this.\u201d The Twitter engineer didn\u2019t directly respond with an explanation. The Twitter Space ended less than a minute later.\u00a0<\/p>\n

This article originally appeared on Engadget at https:\/\/www.engadget.com\/twitters-recommendation-algorithm-is-now-on-github-200511112.html?src=rss
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\nSource: Engadget – Twitter\u2019s recommendation algorithm is now on GitHub<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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