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Would it not be just as annoying to see a slant the other direction, or in any extreme direction?

• IncRnd 3y ago
  The parent poster doesn't realize the inherent bias in what they wrote and that you have pointed out.
  • kevingadd 3y ago
    Boosting both right and left wing content increases your chance to see either type of content, because you boosted them over everything else.
    • IncRnd 3y ago
      I'm not sure why you wrote that to me. It was already in your prior comment.
• oneeyedpigeon 3y ago
  I believe their point is that, because the US is generally regarded as 'to the right of' many countries in Europe, for example, a slight rightwing bias looks to us (I'm in the UK) like an extreme rightwing bias. Heck, even a completely neutral stance, as far as the US is concerned, will look like it veers to the right for us. Note that I'm not saying anything about how I believe the twitter algorithm should work, this is just my interpretation of what that commenter meant.
  • AlchemistCamp 3y ago
    Europe is only a tiny fraction of the world, though. Compared to India, Japan, Singapore and (depending on the metric) China, the US looks clearly left of center. Compared to most of the Middle East, the US looks extremely left-wing.