author_is_elon

[enzo-js]

the problem is his tweets suck. stop recommending them.

the-algorithm/home-mixer/server/src/main/scala/com/twitter/home_mixer/functional_component/decorator/HomeTweetTypePredicates.scala

Line 225 in 7f90d0c

"author_is_elon",

[matteo-cavallo]

bro. too much

[jcolicchio]

Concerning.

[BradFitz66]

looking into it.

[sohdas]

Interesting

[nikolqy]

How much can I pay to get my tweets promoted like that?

[kimjoaoun]

How much can I pay to get my tweets promoted like that?

44 biliions, in cash.

[nikolqy]

How much can I pay to get my tweets promoted like that?

44 biliions, in cash.

I think you mean $20 billion now! And I will request a 99% discount due to the baggage that owning twitter will bring!

[alex-redacted]

Cannot believe he got his own special tweet booster but he owns the thing, so I guess Melon can do whatever he wants.

[fadyanwar]

Github Issues have never been so entertaining, I guess I will ditch reddit in its favour

[diegololia]

Seems like a security vulnerability

[rifusaki]

Github Issues have never been so entertaining, I guess I will ditch reddit in its favour

Let's ditch Twitter for GitHub Issues too

[Galluno]

real

[ghost]

based

[fadyanwar]

Github Issues have never been so entertaining, I guess I will ditch reddit in its favour

Let's ditch Twitter for GitHub Issues too

Or maybe fork twitter and create a better open platform, hopefully Elon did see this coming...

[couldbejake]

This only represents a small part of Twitter, and as others have mentioned, code has been stripped out.

[PacerBridge]

Again, isn't this code purely just for logging stats?

[vogelarthur]

This specific snippet is only for metrics...

the-algorithm/home-mixer/server/src/main/scala/com/twitter/home_mixer/functional_component/feature_hydrator/RequestQueryFeatureHydrator.scala

Line 87 in 7f90d0c

* These author ID lists are used purely for metrics collection. We track how often we are

[gsuhm]

!!

[Daniel15]

Again, isn't this code purely just for logging stats?

@PacerBridge There's no guarantee that Twitter are running the exact same code that's in this repo. They could be using this feature for other purposes.

[BetaKors]

you're so real for this

[rifusaki]

and even the fact that they're tracking a single user's stats just because he asked for it is so goddamn funny and ridiculous. i'm sure they're doing nothing with that data

[widarlein]

This specific snippet is only for metrics...

the-algorithm/home-mixer/server/src/main/scala/com/twitter/home_mixer/functional_component/feature_hydrator/RequestQueryFeatureHydrator.scala

Line 87 in 7f90d0c

* These author ID lists are used purely for metrics collection. We track how often we are

The root cause still persists, though

[piotrchojnowski]

and even the fact that they're tracking a single user's stats just because he asked for it is so goddamn funny and ridiculous. i'm sure they're doing nothing with that data

yeah, it's weird a bit. looks like some engineers added that the correlation feature/elon tweets, but Elon himself said during the call, that he was unaware of that metrics.. :D

[bcentner]

Hilarious, especially considering he is the most followed person on twitter now as of 2 days ago.
https://www.theverge.com/2023/3/30/23656153/elon-musk-twitter-most-followed-barack-obama

[e-lisa]

yeah, it's weird a bit. looks like some engineers added that the correlation feature/elon tweets, but Elon himself said during the call, that he was unaware of that metrics.. :D

I wonder what other features on the backend relate to the author_is_elon tag that elon is "unware of"

[fadyanwar]

On another note, from a purely software engineering perspective, this is basically hardcoding! As in if you design a system to do a specific feature for a specific user! What happens if Twitter was sold to another owner? It should have been configurable at least.

[IGSteven]

What is the DDGStatsElonFeature? I can only see 3 references to it in the code

[buildwithmalik]

This only represents a small part of Twitter, and as others have mentioned, code has been stripped out.

Lol imagine what we would find if all of it was open sourced😂

[buildwithmalik]

On another note, from a purely software engineering perspective, this is basically hardcoding! As in if you design a system to do a specific feature for a specific user! What happens if Twitter was sold to another owner? It should have been configurable at least.

This won't be an issue since no one is gonna buy this

[schott89]

On another note, from a purely software engineering perspective, this is basically hardcoding! As in if you design a system to do a specific feature for a specific user! What happens if Twitter was sold to another owner? It should have been configurable at least.

Maybe the elon tag also specifies a user group. Maybe the want metrics for shitposters.

[dabirdweius]

"Money is all you need"

[sasdallas]

"We aren't biased"

[VinnisVidya]

!

[alex-redacted]

Never imagined a hard coding configuration in Twitter's algorithm LOL

Yup. Super dang bonkers honestly

[pavankjadda]

This will be triaged soon

[rifusaki]

they did it actually lmao, check ec83d01

[BitComing]

good issue😂

[Nebula-Developer]

I find it interesting they didn't bother patching up all the things they would get roasted for, because this is just sad-

[avinashseth]

did you guys find the solutions? I'm still getting those tweets 😟

[bdsl]

On another note, from a purely software engineering perspective, this is basically hardcoding! As in if you design a system to do a specific feature for a specific user! What happens if Twitter was sold to another owner? It should have been configurable at least.

If twitter was sold to another owner then they can edit that line of code if they like. Hardcoding isn't always bad. Decisions have to be written down somewhere, it's just a choice of writing it inside the main program or in a separate config file. Either way someone will have to edit it if they want to change the decision. The most important thing is to make sure its kept with version control in git or similar.

[dagelf]

The fake "open source" spirit is to open source the code, but keep all the juicy bits in config. So technically...

But srsly. Don't do that...

[sha-265]

ACK

[MeqdadDev]

Separation of social classes in Twitter society 😂

[datgreatkhan]

Agreed. :D

[fadyanwar]

On another note, from a purely software engineering perspective, this is basically hardcoding! As in if you design a system to do a specific feature for a specific user! What happens if Twitter was sold to another owner? It should have been configurable at least.

If twitter was sold to another owner then they can edit that line of code if they like. Hardcoding isn't always bad. Decisions have to be written down somewhere, it's just a choice of writing it inside the main program or in a separate config file. Either way someone will have to edit it if they want to change the decision. The most important thing is to make sure its kept with version control in git or similar.

Curious, did you write this code or know who wrote it?

[bdsl]

Curious, did you write this code or know who wrote it?

No, I'm nothing to do with Twitter.

[SantiiRepair]

Rewrite the algorithm to lisp lang and you will see how elon's twitters will stop appearing, lol it's funny because it won't work

[am5a03]

Can anyone teach me how to find out this commit hash? As I don’t see the whole history of the codebase.

[bdsl]

Can anyone teach me how to find out this commit hash? As I don’t see the whole history of the codebase.

@am5a03 what commit hash are you looking for? I don't know the codebase but I might be able to help with git and github.

[datgreatkhan]

Can anyone teach me how to find out this commit hash? As I don’t see the whole history of the codebase.

It's because they removed the commit for it. You can find it here:

the-algorithm/home-mixer/server/src/main/scala/com/twitter/home_mixer/functional_component/decorator/HomeTweetTypePredicates.scala

Line 225 in 7f90d0c

"author_is_elon",

I had to dig back to find the link from someone else.

[debarati10]

I wasn't into open-source much but this is too interesting to not be

[shyla-marie]

yoo, can we get weekly high score lists if ya'll tracking metrics for author_is_power_user ??? just a high score list for power users who tweeted the most?? I bet that could be hilarious

Though may incentivize people trying to game it by spamming tweets, which actually then would probably result in them losing followers/being blocked... Maybe this could actually be a net good after all? Bait the social climbers into losing their following lol

[NotASimp69]

i just love it

[timelessnesses]

this is one of the pr ever

[timelessnesses]

this is one of the pr ever

[ghost]

not completed

[AstroAntics]

That's it. That's the tweet.

[e-lisa]

Who the heck is maintaining this? What kind of process means you just go around closing issues with out documenting WHY they are being closed?

Good grief :*(

[couldbejake]

Who the heck is maintaining this? What kind of process means you just go around closing issues with out documenting WHY they are being closed?

Good grief :*(

I think it's abandoned