el33th4xor ·5h Finally, a data scientist called the absurdity of "open sourcing the algorithm." The algo is probably a well-known technique, it's the data that drives the results and that data shouldn't be made public. Quote Tweet Data Science Renee @BecomingDataSci · Apr 26 What in the world do the people (like the new owner of Twitter) who are saying "open source the [Twitter] algorithm" think "the algorithm" is? And what do they think the result of open sourcing it would be? Show this thread @el33th4xor - 5h One good thing that @elonmusk could do is to put more effort behind ML* techniques for identifying bots. Put an end to botfarms, and some governments will fall. *Machine Learning REPOSTS ARE NOT NECESSARILY ENDORSEMENTS!