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Twitter has deployed code to 
artificially boost, Elon musk's 

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tweets by a factor of 1,000. 
After the billionaire, 

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complained about the lack of 
Engagement. 

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His posts were receiving. 
Now, according to a report from 

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Casey Newton at platformer after
a tweet about the Super Bowl 

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received less engagement than 
President. 

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Joe Biden's musk took to slack 
to issue an urgent request for 

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help from Engineers late on 
Sunday musk addressed his team 

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and person and warned them that 
they would all lose their jobs. 

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If the engagement Judgment issue
was not resolved and by Monday 

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Twitter had deployed code to 
quote, Greenlight Oliver musk's 

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tweets, and artificially boost 
them, allowing his post to 

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bypass Twitter's filters 
designed to show people the best

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content possible this power user
multiplier now applies only to 

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musk and the code allows musts 
account to bypass Twitter 

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heuristics. 
That would otherwise prevent a 

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single account from flooding, 
the core ranked feed now known 

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as quote for you. 
Now the report also suggested 

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that the changes made to musk's 
tweets would be walked back at 

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least in part in that the 
artificial boost supplied to his

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count remain in place although 
the factor is now lower than 

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1,000 musk's handful of tweets 
on Tuesday, reportedly generated

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or 143 million impressions which
is on the high end of the recent

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average. 
Now musk's views on the issue 

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which first came to light, after
platformer broke the news that 

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he fired one of two remaining. 
Meaning principal Engineers of 

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the company after the engineer 
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That views on his tweets were 
declining. 

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Highlights attention familiar to
almost anyone who has ever used 

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a social network. 
Why are some posts more popular 

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than others? 
Why am I seeing this thing? 

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And not that one. 
Now Engineers for services, like

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Tick-Tock and Instagram can 
offer partial high-level answers

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to these questions, but ranking,
algorithms make predictions 

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based on hundreds or thousands 
of signals and deliver post to 

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millions of users, make it An 
almost impossible for anyone to 

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say with any degree of accuracy,
who will see it. 

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Now must view, counts, 
fluctuate, wildly, and the most 

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obvious reason for this 
discrepancy, is that people 

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think some tweets are better 
than others. 

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However, the ranking algorithm 
doesn't necessarily work like 

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that and musk has reportedly 
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Obsessed with the amount of 
Engagement. 

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His posts are receiving The 
Twitter CEO flu is private jet 

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back to the Bay area on Sunday 
night to demand answers from his

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team. 
After the social network lost 

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out to the Kansas City Chiefs, 
and musk lost out to President 

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Joe Biden, and the meeting 
resulted in a system. 

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Being built to ensure that musk 
and musk alone benefits from 

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previously, unheard-of promotion
of his tweets to the entire user

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base within a day. 
Musk's tweets, dominated the 

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Twitter feed with over 90% of 
his followers now seeing his 

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tweets according to An internal 
estimate and the report from 

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platformer highlights, the 
lengths that social media 

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influencers and celebrities are 
willing to go in order to 

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protect their online reputation 
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Musk's case demonstrates. 
How even the most high-profile 

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people are not immune to 
concerns about their popularity 

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and reach on social media. 
Twitter's decision to 

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artificially boost. 
Musk's tweets is just one 

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example of the tension that 
exists between social media 

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platforms and their users with 
many users feeling that their 

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Not being seen by the right 
people or are even being 

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surpassed by some other people 
first. 

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Some reason and the algorithms 
used by social media platforms 

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are designed to make predictions
based on hundreds of thousands 

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of signals and deliver post to 
millions of users, making it 

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almost impossible for anyone to 
say with any degree of accuracy.

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Who sees what? 
Now Elon musk's tweets are of 

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interest to many people as he is
a billionaire, entrepreneur, who

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is made Headlines with his 
Innovative products and 

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outlandish statement. 
Sometimes musk is known for his 

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tweets, about space exploration,
electric vehicles and other 

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topics, but it's important to 
note that the changes made to 

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musk's Twitter account by 
Twitter Engineers, only affect 

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him and not the rest of the 
platforms users. 

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However, it does raise the 
question on whether this is a 

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fair practice to allow one user 
to have an unfair advantage over

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others. 
It's important for social media 

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platforms, to maintain fairness 
and transparency and for all 

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users, Have an equal chance at 
having their post seen by 

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others. 
Twitter has yet to release a 

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statement about the changes made
to musk's account, but it will 

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be interesting to see how the 
public and other is users react 

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to the Views. 
Now, while it may seem like a 

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small issue, it's important to 
remember this social media plays

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a significant role in our daily 
lives and how we consume and 

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share information. 
Any changes made to these 

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platforms, can have a 
significant impact on society as

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a whole? 
Now, the recent news regarding 

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elon's Twitter account in the 
changes made, Made to it raises 

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important questions about social
media, platform fairness, and 

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transparency. 
While it may seem like a small 

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issue to you or me. 
But the way that this 

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information is shared throughout
social media has a giant impact 

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and it's crucial that these 
platforms, maintain this Level 

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Playing Field remains to be seen
on how Twitter will respond to 

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this issue but it's something 
that users in the public should 

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keep an eye on in the coming 
days and weeks. 

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And here's some big news for 
Slur Tesla has announced a 

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recall of nearly three hundred 
and sixty three thousand 

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Vehicles. 
United States equipped with the 

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company's full self-driving, FSD
software after the national 

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highway traffic safety 
administration. 

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The nhtsa identified, the driver
assist program as a crash risk. 

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The recall notice affect several
models including the 2016 to 

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2020 3 Model S, and model X 2017
to 2023 model 3 and the 20 82, 

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2023 model. 
Why the recall follows nhtsa's 

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concerns about for specific 
situations that can occur on the

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road including navigating 
intersections. 

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During a stale yellow light, the
duration of stops at a stop sign

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when the intersection is clear, 
how the vehicles adjust speed, 

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while driving in areas, where 
the speed limit changes, based 

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on roadsides and how the cars 
change lanes to exit, eterne 

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only lane. 
Now while documents filed 

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regarding the recall, Do not 
mention specific incidences, 

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Tesla has committed to a free 
over-the-air software update to 

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address the issues identified by
nhtsa. 

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Now, nhtsa has been 
investigating Tesla's driver 

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Assist Technology for several 
years focusing, specifically on 

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a number of incidents that which
Tesla vehicles equipped with 

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autopilot, Crescent is 
stationary, emergency vehicles 

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in the recall notice was issued 
after nhtsa requested additional

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information on a Tweet by Elon 
Musk stating the Tesla might add

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an option to remove the nag 
prompting drivers to keep their 

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hands on the steering wheel. 
Last February Tesla issued, a 

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similar recall for its beta 
software package to disable an 

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autonomously govern rolling 
stop. 

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But this recall is more 
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The announcement also comes on 
the heels of an eight car. 

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Pileup in the yearbook Buena 
island tunnel where a Tesla 

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unexpectedly braked setting off 
a chain reaction pile up while 

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the Call does not specifically 
address complaints about Phantom

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breaking incidents. 
Nhtsa has been known to be 

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investigating such issues. 
The OT a update is expected to 

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be deployed in the coming weeks 
according to Tesla. 

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