Birdwatch Note Rating
2023-10-15 23:09:05 UTC - SOMEWHAT_HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: C013F28040FE0E7A96F3B7FB7647191A1E8E16B3DFD9D02D467BBC0EA0ECB259
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Original Note:
It is not true that "everything is open source and transparent" in Twitter/X. 1) Only part of its source code was ever made public (shortly after it was leaked) https://www.reuters.com/technology/twitter-makes-content-recommendation-code-public-2023-03-31/ https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2023/03/who-leaked-twitters-source-code.html 2) There is documented plaform manipulation, for example "likes" being actively suppressed on some tweets https://twitter.com/hoblon/status/1709608480275906583 https://x-tracker.hobl.in/
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