SCOOP: #WSocial is doctoring metrics on its homepage, inflating the number of comments on posts by prominent people on its network.
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@_elena so it's really turning out to be " trump social lite" huh
@miclgael even Musk didn't stoop so low as to fake numbers... but asked his engineers to change X's algorithm to boost his visibility
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SCOOP: #WSocial is doctoring metrics on its homepage, inflating the number of comments on posts by prominent people on its network.
I suppose a more accurate tagline for them should be "Trust your feed?"
My article about it: "W Social, Fictional Metrics and the Beauty of Open Data"
: https://blog.elenarossini.com/w-social-fictional-metrics-and-the-beauty-of-open-data/#blog #BigTech #EUBigTech #TEP #TrustedEuropeanPlatforms #TrustYourFeed
@_elena Dear Elena, I'd love to read your post, but your website brings my Macbook nearly to a full halt. The background animation in the header completely kills my Macbook Pro 2021 with Firefox 153 (using an external 4k screen). Can barely scroll the website anymore. Using reader mode now, but maybe you should take a look into this.
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@_elena Dear Elena, I'd love to read your post, but your website brings my Macbook nearly to a full halt. The background animation in the header completely kills my Macbook Pro 2021 with Firefox 153 (using an external 4k screen). Can barely scroll the website anymore. Using reader mode now, but maybe you should take a look into this.
@preya ooooh it's the first time I receive such a complaint. I'm so sorry.
I use a Macbook Air from 2013 (!!!) to write articles and never had any issues with the website.
It's a premium theme I bought, not much tweaking I can do unfortunately. I recommend subscribing to the blog via RSS maybe?
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SCOOP: #WSocial is doctoring metrics on its homepage, inflating the number of comments on posts by prominent people on its network.
I suppose a more accurate tagline for them should be "Trust your feed?"
My article about it: "W Social, Fictional Metrics and the Beauty of Open Data"
: https://blog.elenarossini.com/w-social-fictional-metrics-and-the-beauty-of-open-data/#blog #BigTech #EUBigTech #TEP #TrustedEuropeanPlatforms #TrustYourFeed
Special thanks to my source who tipped me off about this (they prefer to remain anonymous). I visit the W Social website every day and even I had not noticed this before!
I wish I could have included more examples because the discrepancy between the landing page's doctored numbers and reality is really jarring.
I also wish my mom was on the Fediverse so you could write to her to calm down - she didn't want me to publish this piece, she's afraid I get sued. Sued for what? Telling the truth?
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Special thanks to my source who tipped me off about this (they prefer to remain anonymous). I visit the W Social website every day and even I had not noticed this before!
I wish I could have included more examples because the discrepancy between the landing page's doctored numbers and reality is really jarring.
I also wish my mom was on the Fediverse so you could write to her to calm down - she didn't want me to publish this piece, she's afraid I get sued. Sued for what? Telling the truth?
@_elena plus they’d have to prove you wrong in court by providing evidence you’re right, so can’t imagine they’ll be that motivated to open that Pandora’s box
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@_elena plus they’d have to prove you wrong in court by providing evidence you’re right, so can’t imagine they’ll be that motivated to open that Pandora’s box
@kc indeed! plus I've been saving evidence to the Wayback Machine every day
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SCOOP: #WSocial is doctoring metrics on its homepage, inflating the number of comments on posts by prominent people on its network.
I suppose a more accurate tagline for them should be "Trust your feed?"
My article about it: "W Social, Fictional Metrics and the Beauty of Open Data"
: https://blog.elenarossini.com/w-social-fictional-metrics-and-the-beauty-of-open-data/#blog #BigTech #EUBigTech #TEP #TrustedEuropeanPlatforms #TrustYourFeed
@_elena If this were in a movie, I wouldn't believe it.
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SCOOP: #WSocial is doctoring metrics on its homepage, inflating the number of comments on posts by prominent people on its network.
I suppose a more accurate tagline for them should be "Trust your feed?"
My article about it: "W Social, Fictional Metrics and the Beauty of Open Data"
: https://blog.elenarossini.com/w-social-fictional-metrics-and-the-beauty-of-open-data/#blog #BigTech #EUBigTech #TEP #TrustedEuropeanPlatforms #TrustYourFeed
@_elena You nailed the very essence of the problem with “trust”. Thank you.
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@tanavit yes! I'm thinking LIDL / Schwarz group, as they have ambitions to become Europe's AWS
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Special thanks to my source who tipped me off about this (they prefer to remain anonymous). I visit the W Social website every day and even I had not noticed this before!
I wish I could have included more examples because the discrepancy between the landing page's doctored numbers and reality is really jarring.
I also wish my mom was on the Fediverse so you could write to her to calm down - she didn't want me to publish this piece, she's afraid I get sued. Sued for what? Telling the truth?
@_elena bless your mama!
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