Eine Studie legt nahe, dass X gerade rechtzeitig zur Wahlsaison nach rechts gedreht hat

From the article: A pair of researchers say they’ve determined that July 13 was likely the day that X, formerly known as Twitter, made platform-level algorithm changes that increased the visibility of posts made by Elon Musk and Republican-leaning accounts in the run-up to the US election.

That date may stick out in the memory as when Elon Musk, now the owner of X, formally endorsed Donald Trump in the recent US presidential election.

Coincidence? Perhaps not, according to a [working paper](https://eprints.qut.edu.au/253211/) shared by Timothy Graham and Mark Andrejevic of Queensland University of Technology. The pair examined posts made by Musk, Republican-leaning accounts, and Democrat-leaning accounts between January 1 and October 25, noting that July 13 appeared to be the day the tide turned red on X.

Their research was split into two phases, one looking at the prominence of Musk’s posts pushed to users through features like the default “For You” feed, and the other comparing the prominence of Republican- or Democrat-aligned posts.

No shit, we all saw it happen in real time.

Almost like that was the goal.

It’s impressive to write that whole article and not mention the other thing that happened July 13th.

Duh. Did the same thing they did in 2016 but on a larger scale.

If this article would define what a “right-leaning post” would be and then contrasted that with the top policies that exit poll voters cared about both all over the country as well as in swing states I think people would have a much different understanding. The so-called right wing posts likely touched on topics that were very top of mind for many voters.

I jokingly told a friend “welp, now it makes sense why he paid so much to buy the platform” and got called a neo-Marxist. 😳 That came out of nowhere.

There is no campaign, Democrat or Republican than can compete with the constant barrage of Fox News and now Twitter. They’re big enough to monetize their audience and steamroll peers outlets into agreement or irrelevance. It’s completely not about Trump. If he lost, they’d just fabricate a new Trump. It’s a horrific testament to their effectiveness that they were able to take such a wildly unappealing candidate and spin a win.

Tech companies will tell you that their algorithm is a black box and they aren’t even completely sure what it does.

This is an lie.

They very much decide what does and does not get traction on their platforms and this absolutely affects the perspective of not just their users but also the rest of society as those users will interact with others.

If you’re still justifying your use of X with “oh it’s important in tech” or “I need to find links to research” and ignoring the face that X supports the spread of white supremacy, you’re fooling yourself.

Get off X. Starve it of what it needs to survive: you.

Ffs, stop calling it X. It’s Twitter

Elon literally turned the search page into a giant Trump ad.

How long is the Technology sub going to keep talking about the election for?