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This seems to be a practical joke by a Twitter engineer as opposed to an actual release.
by mrintellectual 4y ago
This seems to be a practical joke by a Twitter engineer as opposed to an actual release.
- hunterb123 4y agoOr a commit is being prepared? It's only 20 minutes old.
- kaladin-jasnah 4y agohttps://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1518677066325053441 https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1518677066325053441 states that Elon Musk is to looking "make the algorithms open source."
- mrintellectual 4y agoIt just seems unlikely that the algorithm would be open-sourced right after a deal for Twitter is agreed upon (but before it actually goes through). I've never seen a buyout of this scale done by an individual, but I imagine the SEC and several other parties will need to be involved. At the minimum, I would make a private Github repo first, add all relevant commits, and then make it public once there's actually content.
- hunterb123 4y agoSure it's fast but it seems the deal is done. A practical joke by an employee seems more unlikely than an official release. The engineer from the OSS team at Twitter linked to it and said "watch this space" https://twitter.com/willnorris/status/1518694675909013504 https://twitter.com/willnorris/status/1518694675909013504 Sure I guess it could be that engineer gearing up for a joke, but I think it's more likely that it's a real release.
- johntb86 4y agoIt seems more like a symbolic gesture.
- somishere 4y agoCould you take it any other way? I mean obviously you could, because most here appear to be taking 'the-algorithm' very seriously .. but, seriously? It's funny. No joke.