Max Fisher

Max Fisher @Max_Fisher

@JHWeissmann @DKThomp @normative Not even the platforms make this defense anymore because it’s been repeatedly shown that their products are not remotely neutral amplifiers of baseline user interest. Anger gets a 5x algorithmic boost over other emotions, for example. https://t.co/sIC4Dv09dh — PolitiTweet.org

Max Fisher @Max_Fisher

@JHWeissmann @DKThomp @normative WhatsApp by design promotes twitter-style virality. And some v interesting research finds that much of its crazy is a direct downstream result of facebook/youtube-generated viral content that then spreads on WhatsApp https://t.co/pI8CslCJIG — PolitiTweet.org

Max Fisher @Max_Fisher

@AsteadWesley @Nate_Cohn @shearm +1 needle good — PolitiTweet.org

Max Fisher @Max_Fisher

@CaseyNewton @EricNewcomer Maybe among outsiders like us. But, within the industry, these sorts of choices are negotiated out by agents and corporate reps. — PolitiTweet.org

Max Fisher @Max_Fisher

@CaseyNewton @EricNewcomer I think this is a misreading of the TV/film industry tbh. People who create for Netflix also create for traditional studios, where placement and marketing are negotiated up front. It’s v diff from YouTube. I suspect Netflix rec/search placement already included in some contracts. — PolitiTweet.org

Max Fisher @Max_Fisher

"Such illnesses have occurred for centuries. ... As telephones became widely available at the turn of the 20th century, numerous telephone operators became sick with concussion-like symptoms attributed to ‘acoustic shock'." https://t.co/G3VpKBNtFS — PolitiTweet.org

Max Fisher @Max_Fisher

Some of the errors were less funny. One Facebook rulebook that was supposed to ban posts by Wirathu, a Myanmar extremist and a leading voice in fomenting the then-raging Rohingya genocide, mistakenly instructed moderators to leave his posts up. It stayed like that for months. — PolitiTweet.org

Max Fisher @Max_Fisher

I once got ahold of Facebook’s moderator rulebooks for the Balkans. Lots of weird errors. For unclear reasons, they consistently misidentified Ratko Mladic, the Bosnian war criminal, as “Rodney Young.” https://t.co/CskpDw6QcY — PolitiTweet.org

Max Fisher @Max_Fisher

@mattyglesias https://t.co/35uUWNk8xB — PolitiTweet.org

Max Fisher @Max_Fisher

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Max Fisher @Max_Fisher

RT @daveyalba: Management has been threatening not to show up to contract negotiations since July, and now they finally did it. Not a gre… — PolitiTweet.org

Max Fisher @Max_Fisher

RT @juliacarriew: For years Facebook treated reporters who came to it with concerns about how it seemed to be pushing people toward extremi… — PolitiTweet.org

Max Fisher @Max_Fisher

this happened to me at a prior job. payroll skipped a paycheck and dragged their feet on making it up. when i told my boss he implied i would suffer career repercussions for complaining. the company has since unionized. https://t.co/UgNauIBXEA — PolitiTweet.org

Max Fisher @Max_Fisher

Treasury says it will indeed block Afghanistan from accessing its $9.4bn currency reserves, all but ensuring the country experiences a full stop on imports. Afghanistan imports most of its food; economists have warned this could trigger a major famine. https://t.co/QdJMevPu6X — PolitiTweet.org

Max Fisher @Max_Fisher

@kevinroose my understanding is that one @SamSifton article drove a four-month backorder of this stuff…….eat it, tiktok — PolitiTweet.org

Max Fisher @Max_Fisher

@kevinroose First popularized by the zoomer social network nytimes dotcom! https://t.co/Ubug08BthE — PolitiTweet.org

Max Fisher @Max_Fisher

Is there a single-volume history of the Netherlands that people would recommend? — PolitiTweet.org

Max Fisher @Max_Fisher

pretty compelling case that the james bond movie is so incoherent because it was originally about a bioweapon, but got re-edited to turn the virus into "nanobots." the villain's big plan was probably to do a pandemic https://t.co/LD14KkqKB9 — PolitiTweet.org

Max Fisher @Max_Fisher

RT @zachbdunn: Can’t watch Succession tonight so making the necessary preparations https://t.co/v7uz6oJh51 — PolitiTweet.org

Max Fisher @Max_Fisher

RT @mattyglesias: The moviegoing public is failing us, and it's going to be franchises stomping on a human face forever. https://t.co/fG2LQ… — PolitiTweet.org

Max Fisher @Max_Fisher

It feels similar to the 10 years of neverending predictions that the European Union would "unravel," which continues to be confidently made year after year https://t.co/aByM6Sd6tN — PolitiTweet.org

Max Fisher @Max_Fisher

Predictions are always hard. But it's striking: 18 months ago, the iron conventional wisdom was that covid would kill globalization. Instead, covid so supercharged globalization that supply chains are overstretched & trade infrastructure being expanded https://t.co/DqAtrDHjpc — PolitiTweet.org

Max Fisher @Max_Fisher

https://t.co/Acm5ZjNA3B — PolitiTweet.org

Max Fisher @Max_Fisher

State-level authoritarianism existed in the United States until the 1970s and there is every reason to expect it could return — PolitiTweet.org

Max Fisher @Max_Fisher

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Max Fisher @Max_Fisher

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Max Fisher @Max_Fisher

RT @leedrutman: Must-read NYT Interpreter column today on the Czech elections (in which the right-wing populist lost), loser's consent, and… — PolitiTweet.org

Max Fisher @Max_Fisher

@RottenInDenmark Also often in foreign cities with large Anglo journalist communities. Like the least successful freelancer in Cairo or Moscow gets endlessly bullied by a of clique slightly-more-successful freelancers. See it all the time — PolitiTweet.org

Max Fisher @Max_Fisher

@RottenInDenmark A dynamic I feel like I have seen in certain journalism circles many times. — PolitiTweet.org

Max Fisher @Max_Fisher

RT @JohnHolbein1: Look at the gender breakdown of who speaks in popular films! https://t.co/Jq5CEerex2 — PolitiTweet.org