The more I read about the Twitter source code, the more I appreciate #Nostr!
https://thezvi.substack.com/p/more-on-twitter-and-algorithms
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7. You are clustered into a group. The algorithm puts you into a grouping of similar profiles. It uses that to extend tweet reach beyond your followers to similar people.
8. Posting outside your cluster hurts If you do “out of network” content, it’s not going to do as well. That’s why hammering home points about your niche works.’
There are other organic reasons why it makes sense to ‘stay in your lane’ on Twitter, as this ensures the people who follow you are interested in your content. Now we find out the algorithm is actively punishing ‘hybrid’ accounts, discouraging me (for example) from posting about both rationality and AI, and then also posting about something else sports or Magic: The Gathering.
If you want to boost engagement, sounds like you should reply to your replies.
If you want to help a Tweet out a lot, then it looks like these extended engagements have a big impact - you’ll want to click into and then like, not merely like, if you don’t want to reply. Ideally, you should reply, even if you don’t have that much to say.
12. Your tweet's relevancy decreases over time. At a rate of 50% every 6 hours, to be exact.
1. Your following-to-follower ratio matters.
Twitter's Tweepcred PageRank algorithm reduces the page rank of users who have a low number of followers but a high number of followings.
1. Your following-to-follower ratio matters.
Twitter's Tweepcred PageRank algorithm reduces the page rank of users who have a low number of followers but a high number of followings.