Thread by @TheLastRefuge2

1) I don't think it's because the Twitter engineers are *doing something* different; remember, the algo system has been locked down. It looks to me like the lockdown resulted in them *not* doing something.

[The cyber equivalent of paper shredding in background]

https://twitter.com/MarkDice/status/1519507776615043072

2) My tech hunch has always been that this platform takes advantage of data processing containers, with engagement dependent on what container you were assigned to. It makes sense, and (big picture) the interface has always shown that technology fingerprint.

3) My suspicion is the announced algo "lockdown" (post Musk deal) has resulted in the connections between the disparate containers (data processing definitions, aka algos) being opened/less regulated as a result of the lockdown opening the engagement gateway.

4) Users (the data that defines them, and their id attributes) are now essentially free to move between containers. The result is more engagement because the unrestricted containers (think server banks) are now openly talking to each other.

5) It's like containers of 100,000 people (user groups) having the doors opened and now all of the users walk outside into one big stadium. The users are now free to engage, follow, talk, connect and share with each other.

6) It would make sense the deep Twitter engineering side would want to eliminate the container definitions ahead of new management asking questions about the doors and who made the assignments.

7) Think of it like new owners arriving at the facility for the first time and seeing one massive stadium filled with people (users). The people who controlled the containers would not want ownership to know how they managed the crowd. They'd act like it's always been this way

8) That's my hunch for what has "changed".

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9) ADDENDUM. I should point out that if what I am describing is accurate, the undoing of it will cause Twitter to be more costly to operate because free flow of simultaneous user engagement means more data processing demand. More expensive. [ie.The prior rules also saved money.]