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		disgruntledphd2 on March 31, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Twitter's Recommendation Algorithm Ok that makes lots of sense from an engineering perspective. It's pretty insane from a statistical perspective though, which I think was the original point.

nomel on March 31, 2023 [–]

> It's pretty insane from a statistical perspective though

Efficiency is way more of a concern, at this scale, than the more trivial was of trying to find a competent person that wouldn't misuse the values.

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