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Twitter May Be Demoting Controversial Accounts in Search Results

posted by Fnord666 on Tuesday July 24 2018, @05:18PM   Printer-friendly
from the then-again,-maybe-not dept.

AndyTheAbsurd writes:

In what appears to be new ranking behavior, Gizmodo has identified several prominent far-right accounts now buried by Twitter's search feature.

The accounts—which belong to figures like Unite The Right organizer Jason Kessler and white nationalist Richard Spencer—no longer appear in the social platform's dropdown results, when searching either for their display names or @ handles.

"Search all" on desktop, and sorting by "People" after a search on mobile still generate the expected results, but Twitter seems to intend to reduce the ease with which these personalities can grow their followings. The move follows Twitter's plans to limit the reach of "troll-like behavior," announced in May.

https://gizmodo.com/twitter-may-be-demoting-controversial-accounts-in-searc-1827788070

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  • (Score: 2) by SomeGuy on Tuesday July 24 2018, @06:48PM (3 children)

    by SomeGuy (5632) on Tuesday July 24 2018, @06:48PM (#711823)

    Bury accounts? Lets just take this all a step further and bury Twitter(R)(TM). Problem solved.

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  • (Score: 0, Troll) by VLM on Tuesday July 24 2018, @07:23PM (2 children)

    by VLM (445) on Tuesday July 24 2018, @07:23PM (#711844)

    Dying organizations always go hard left; law of nature or maybe law of Robert Conquest. See also legacy media, Hollywood, academia, Democratic Party, etc...

    I'd postulate its not possible for a dying organization NOT to go hard left as its abandoned by civilized culture.

    The exact relationship between cause and effect is unclear especially at onset of decline, although it is clear its synergistic over time.

    You'll know SN is dying when netcraft confirms it ^H^H^H I mean when it becomes a barren soulless left wing echo chamber, kinda like a transcript of CNN or the editors page of your local dying newspaper. Imagine a SN with no comments other than "Hey guize I was sipping my soy latte and thinking how great it is Hillary has 99% chance of winning today and ..."

    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday July 24 2018, @09:33PM

      by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday July 24 2018, @09:33PM (#711944)

      Unhinge further so you can fit that giant elephant cock further in your throat.

    • (Score: 4, Touché) by Phoenix666 on Wednesday July 25 2018, @12:12PM

      by Phoenix666 (552) on Wednesday July 25 2018, @12:12PM (#712282) Journal

      I don't think there is any danger of SN becoming a left-wing echo chamber as long as you're in it.

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      Washington DC delenda est.