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by veec_cas_tant 1284 days ago
Here is an announcement from 2018[0]:

>“It’s shaping up to be one of the highest-impact things that we’ve done,” the chief executive, Jack Dorsey ,said of the update, which will change how tweets appear in search results or conversations. “The spirit of the thing is that we want to take the burden off the person receiving abuse or mob-like behavior.”

> The new system will use behavioral signals to assess whether a Twitter account is adding to – or detracting from – the tenor of conversations...

> The updated algorithm will result in certain tweets being pushed further down in a list of search results or replies, but will not delete them from the platform.

[0]: https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2018/may/15/twitter-r...

2 comments

IMO that's fine, but if you want me to trust such a system, the author should see on their tweet some indication that it's been demoted.
> The updated algorithm will result

These screenshots are about actions taken by Twitter employees, not an updated algorithm.