9 Mar 2025
Musk’s Game of Thrones: How Elon Manipulates Twitter’s Algorithm
Ever wondered why Elon Musk’s tweets always show up first—even if you don’t follow him? Turns out, the billionaire literally hacked Twitter’s algorithm to boost himself. Yup, it’s true!
During Super Bowl 2023, Musk threw a tantrum when Biden’s tweet got more views than his. So what did Elon do? Tweaked the algorithm overnight to boost his tweets by up to 1000 times. Talk about sore loser energy. (The Verge) 😳
Researchers at Queensland University proved Musk’s account got an insane 138% spike in visibility right after endorsing Trump. Coincidence? I think NOT. (The Verge, Wall Street Journal) 📊
Here’s the kicker: Musk’s name is literally hard-coded into the recommendation algorithm. Meaning every tweet he sends is rigged to go viral. Can we say MEGA vanity project? 🕹️
Independent tests by WSJ created apolitical accounts but still got flooded with pro-Trump and conservative content thanks to Musk’s algorithm meddling. Even cooking accounts weren’t safe from politics! (Wall Street Journal) 🍳➡️📢
And get this—since Elon took charge, hate speech on Twitter skyrocketed. Musk literally opened the gates for extremists. Free speech champion or chaos merchant? You decide. (Financial Times, Tech Policy Press) 🚨
Former Twitter staff admitted Musk directly ordered engineers to boost his personal tweets. Guess it pays off to be the boss (and maybe just a tad narcissistic). (Reuters, The Guardian)
Bottom line: Elon Musk turned Twitter into his personal megaphone, pushing a right-wing agenda and undermining democracy. Time to rethink our scroll-habits, don’t you think?📲
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Absolutely insane how their bias algorithm works to favor the left liberal lies and deceptions but censored the right conservatives views 🥹🤦♂️ #socialtruth #biasalgorithm #bullshits
14 Aug 2024
The BAD:
I had absolutely NO issues with my Kamala video getting monetized AT ALL despite cussing like a sailor, lying through out the video, promoting communism to replace democracy, as well as recommending that the government censor free speech, so people don't have to think for themsleves.
Also, this was the first political video of 5 that had NO issues with monetiziation.
So where did we land?
The GOOD:
I was able to dispute all of the other videos that supposedly violated Youtube's policies and they seem to have corrected them all. <--- This is good :)
My QUESTIONS?:
Why is their automated system demonotizing videos that are positive about Trump and/or negative @KamalaHarris and @Tim_Walz to begin with, when I have no problems posting a positive Kamala video?
I'm not sure of the answer here, but I did make another video that didn't have any Republican names and it worked fine.
IN THE END?
I was actually impressed that @Youtube did the right thing.
This gives me hope that the truth can still spread and I believe it's because of sites like @X that can and will hold all of these big tech companies accountable for their actions and they know it.
If I figure out more about the algo and it's handling political discourse, I'll let you know.
Thanks for your time!
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Lesbian consultant succeeds in getting @Google to change its algorithm for the French word “lesbienne” buff.ly/2lmhmvN #lesbiansintech #lesbian #biasalgorithm #lgbttech #LGBTQ
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2 Aug 2017
DNA Software Claims to Prevent Wrongful Convictions Lacks 3rd-Party Validation huffingtonpost.com/darlene-d… #biasdata #biasalgorithm
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