The algorithm also doesn't like posts by traditional news media, the researchers found.
  • Garbagio@lemmy.zipEnglish
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    16 hours ago

    Honestly I wonder if this skews the data at all. 10 people use Twitter, 1 of which is fascist; 5 decent people leave, and now the site is 10% more fascist. Is that driving users more rightward, or driving off more left audiences?

    • rogsson@piefed.socialEnglish
      1·
      12 hours ago

      Interesting. But the ratio and total users would both change. Are ppl actually quitting Twitter at all?

      • Garbagio@lemmy.zipEnglish
        3·
        6 hours ago

        Since Musk bought it? Yes-ish. Per Business of Apps, Twitter has maintained around the same user counts, but that is through gains and losses across demographics. Women have fled the platform; what used to be fairly equal is now 2:1 men to women. US users are down 15%-20%. What has grown commensurately is right wing international users, further skewing the average political slant on the platform.