[davesque]

Yeah, but then what do you do after you measure it? Nothing? No, you make decisions differently so as not to offend whoever is part of the criteria. For example, can we agree that we don't want an "author_is_flat_earther" flag? Because who gives a shit if Twitter makes a change to their recommendation engine that negatively affects flag earthers? Just because something is only used for A/B testing doesn't make it completely inert.

[gpm]

There could be an argument for an "author is a flat earther" flag with the intention of those tweets being repeated by twitter less.

[scott_w]

Do you think Elon bought Twitter so he can bury his own tweets?

[just-tom]

Actually, that's a refreshing take.

(No).

[blackoil]

flat_earther can be a a proxy for conspiracy theories. They may want to know if there is a swing.