The Twitter change where they switched everyone from their choice of timeline to ranked timeline reminds me of a question: why don't social media companies react to negative signals from users? The change trained me to stop checking the app since it filled my feed with garbage.
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Dan, you only follow 55 people. You clearly choose carefully whose content you want so a chronological timeline works. Problem is most people follow indiscriminately and then need the algorithm to help them not ruin their own experience. They SAY they want chrono but they don't.
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Replying to @pinskinator @danluu
Definitely not true for me, and I follow quite a few people. Assuming people don鈥檛 mean what they *explicitly* say (and the PM believing they know better) seems very risky at least

Apr 16, 2022 路 5:11 AM UTC

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Replying to @stilkov @danluu
Firstly, you're missing something crucial: you're not the customer. The success metric isn't giving you what you WANT, it's getting your engagement - causing stay on the site longer, & watching more ads. Chrono views dilute quality cuz most tweets aren't worthwhile.
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That鈥檚 a valid point, but not at all the one you made originally :)
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