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post 1658511173 03-24-2022, 04:32 PM
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Twitter admits right-wing bias

Twitter admits bias in algorithm for rightwing politicians and news outlets
Twitter has admitted it amplifies more tweets from rightwing politicians and news outlets than content from leftwing sources.

The social media platform examined tweets from elected officials in seven countries – the UK, US, Canada, France, Germany, Spain and Japan. It also studied whether political content from news organisations was amplified on Twitter, focusing primarily on US news sources such as Fox News, the New York Times and BuzzFeed.

The research found that in six out of seven countries, apart from Germany, tweets from rightwing politicians received more amplification from the algorithm than those from the left; right-leaning news organisations were more amplified than those on the left; and generally politicians’ tweets were more amplified by an algorithmic timeline than by the chronological timeline.

According to a 27-page research document, Twitter found a “statistically significant difference favouring the political right wing” in all the countries except Germany. Under the research, a value of 0% meant tweets reached the same number of users on the algorithm-tailored timeline as on its chronological counterpart, whereas a value of 100% meant tweets achieved double the reach. On this basis, the most powerful discrepancy between right and left was in Canada (Liberals 43%; Conservatives 167%), followed by the UK (Labour 112%; Conservatives 176%). Even excluding top government officials, the results were similar, the document said.
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post 1658511653 03-24-2022, 04:44 PM
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Lol that claim is by itself contradictory
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post 1658511703 03-24-2022, 04:45 PM
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Well duh, they want all the far left activists constantly outraging at the right. I mean there's a good reason why every little thing some right wing politician says gets blown way out of proportion.
post 1658512143 03-24-2022, 04:54 PM
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wow. that's incredible. lmao
post 1658512203 03-24-2022, 04:56 PM
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Originally Posted By JayJ350⏩
Well duh, they want all the far left activists constantly outraging at the right. I mean there's a good reason why every little thing some right wing politician says gets blown way out of proportion.
Yep, it's either this or that study is full of shyt. If they're trying to suggest (assuming that it's true) that it's due to favoritism then...phucking lol.
post 1658512373 03-24-2022, 04:59 PM
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All that says is that people are sick of fake news and don't click on useless garbage like CNN
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post 1658512413 03-24-2022, 05:00 PM
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gaslighting noun
gas·​light·​ing | \ ˈgas-ˌlī-tiŋ , -ˈlī- \
Definition of gaslighting:
psychological manipulation of a person usually over an extended period of time that causes the victim to question the validity of their own thoughts, perception of reality, or memories and typically leads to confusion, loss of confidence and self-esteem, uncertainty of one's emotional or mental stability, and a dependency on the perpetrator
post 1658512453 03-24-2022, 05:00 PM
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Originally Posted By Polaris⏩
Yep, it's either this or that study is full of shyt. If they're trying to suggest (assuming that it's true) that it's due to favoritism then...phucking lol.
Just like AI was racist before lol
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post 1658512803 03-24-2022, 05:09 PM
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what this is really saying(for people who understand how social media algorithms work) is people as a whole agree more and give more likes, follows, shares, subscribes and attention to right wing politicians even though left wing politicians are running all of those countries


So the better question is why are left wingers running the west when the people obviously favor the right wing?


surely it isnt rigged elections......
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post 1658512933 03-24-2022, 05:10 PM
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Originally Posted By Jestbrah⏩
what this is really saying(for people who understand how social media algorithms work) is people as a whole agree more and give more likes, follows, shares, subscribes and attention to right wing politicians even though left wing politicians are running all of those countries


So the better question is why are left wingers running the west when the people obviously favor the right wing?


surely it isnt rigged elections......
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Literally banned the President and censored anything anti Biden

ironically only blue checkmark liberals are dumb enough to believe this

inb4 they consider the Lincoln Project right wing
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Originally Posted By Jestbrah⏩
what this is really saying(for people who understand how social media algorithms work) is people as a whole agree more and give more likes, follows, shares, subscribes and attention to right wing politicians even though left wing politicians are running all of those countries


So the better question is why are left wingers running the west when the people obviously favor the right wing?


surely it isnt rigged elections......
yea it could. comes down to what "amplification" and "algorithm" means

if "Amplification" is due to user engagement then it'd be what you're saying. but it seems like they're saying the engagement makes the algorithm amplify right wing more. but i seriously fuken doubt that too

it's pretty vague without going into the mechanisms of how it works

what is the difference between "algorithm-tailored timeline" vs. "chronological-tailored timeline"
post 1658513673 03-24-2022, 05:24 PM
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Originally Posted By propreffered7⏩
yea it could. comes down to what "amplification" and "algorithm" means

if "Amplification" is due to user engagement then it'd be what you're saying. but it seems like they're saying the engagement makes the algorithm amplify right wing more. but i seriously fuken doubt that too

it's pretty vague without going into the mechanisms of how it works

what is the difference between "algorithm-tailored timeline" vs. "chronological-tailored timeline"
I guarantee every social media algorithm is set to amplify things that people are engaged in more with likes, shares and subscribes and comments because that is what yields $$

I am sure twitter is trying to word/spin it so they are coming off as 'fair" and impartial because the truth is they are extremely left leaning so to save face they can pretend this is their doing being fair.

If anything Twitter has artificially amplified and "boosted" left politicians and STILL people are favoring the right ones. I would venture to guess the true population is 80% anti left, they may not be right but they are anti left.
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post 1658513803 03-24-2022, 05:27 PM
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Right.... which is why they banned Trump but ANTIFA can openly call for violence without any type of consequences....
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Originally Posted By Jestbrah⏩
I guarantee every social media algorithm is set to amplify things that people are engaged in more with likes, shares and subscribes and comments because that is what yields $$

I am sure twitter is trying to word/spin it so they are coming off as 'fair" and impartial because the truth is they are extremely left leaning so to save face they can pretend this is their doing being fair.

If anything Twitter has artificially amplified and "boosted" left politicians and STILL people are favoring the right ones. I would venture to guess the true population is 80% anti left, they may not be right but they are anti left.
yea, i think social media has a heavy, heavy bias liberal tone. it kinda makes sense though

conservatives would be more quiet

totally understand that's a generalization
post 1658515413 03-24-2022, 06:01 PM
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They banned Trump, but they didn't ban the Taliban.......
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All this means is that "right wing" content got more engagement per post than left wing content. That's if we are being completely charitable and assuming this isn't just a load of horsechit

Twitter has been shutting down conservatives and people with even a slight right tilt for years, leaving a smaller and smaller pool of right wing influencers. Thus the engagement of right wing twitter users is concentrated into a smaller and smaller group of influencers. The algorithm favors content with higher engagement, so it promotes it, and it gets even more engagement.
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Originally Posted By Jestbrah⏩
what this is really saying(for people who understand how social media algorithms work) is people as a whole agree more and give more likes, follows, shares, subscribes and attention to right wing politicians even though left wing politicians are running all of those countries


So the better question is why are left wingers running the west when the people obviously favor the right wing?


surely it isnt rigged elections......
This.
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81 Billion votes.
Lmao this.
Originally Posted By Dave22reborn⏩
They banned Trump, but they didn't ban the Taliban.......
And also this.

Good to see a lot of aware people out there.
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Honestly this may be true, except the “right wing” tweets that get pushed are usually the anti trans ones, so they very well may be pushing more right wing tweets to stoke more gay fires.
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Originally Posted By Dave22reborn⏩
They banned Trump, but they didn't ban the Taliban.......
You support a guy people think is worse than the Taliban. Let that sink in.
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Originally Posted By Noliberals4⏩
You support a guy gay twink purple hear NPC 65 IQcel brainwashed TDS think is worse than the Taliban. Let that sink in.
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Originally Posted By Noliberals4⏩
You support a guy people think is worse than the Taliban. Let that sink in.
Nobody thinks that unless they are mentally ill
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Lol didn’t read. Everyone and their mother knows that’s bs. It doesn’t matter what they “say” actions always speak louder than words. And their actions are the complete opposite.

This is equal to “he’s a good boi and never did nuffin”

These words are so retard libs can post things such as this to attempt to feel right about something as usual. You fuktards are srsly pathetic.
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