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Like most of you, I’m elated Elon Musk took over Twitter. Enough of the censorship. It’s well known how Twitter, Facebook, Instagram and other social media sites “cancel” users’ accounts. The most prominent was President Trump getting kicked off Twitter—while still in office.
Less noted is what’s going on behind the scenes with the “algorithms” used by these companies. Little is known of how they work. Perhaps Musk will tell us what has been going on the past six years at his new company.
Webster defines an algorithm as “a step-by-step procedure for solving a problem or accomplishing some end.” For example, if you put cat pictures up on your Twitter account, an algorithm will send you ads for cat products. If you click on an ad, you’ll get more ads for cat stuff.
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