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by deepnet 2924 days ago
Empowering users with Machine Learning, i.e. offering simple powerful ML based filtering tools for the Twitter user.

More importantly allow opt out and configuration of stuffing feeds with politics and liked by those I follow.

But the idea is not to empower users but masticate users to provide more 'value' to Advertisers by selling them 21stC version of 'hits' - the false & forced engagement metric.

This all stems from the mentality that Twitter are serving the money not the user.

It is short-termism.

Hopefully crap-stuffing users will allowing the resurgence of a diverse market that necessitates open standards unlike our current hyper monopolies and their data silos.