Twitter's algorithm seems really stupid.
I broke down and created a Twitter account about three months ago (Sept. 17 to be exact!) because of an artist who put things there that I desperately wanted to see.
The account has two tweets (one of the "math is hard" meme I uploaded here, one of new audio I added to a show) and a few retweets (art from people who drew things for me and announced it there)--about five messages total. Less than 15 likes and they're mostly furry sketches leaning on the gay side of things.
After analyzing this behavior, who does Twitter serve up to me as potentially interesting accounts to watch?
Tudor Dixon the failed GOP candidate for governor of Michigan.
Kari Lake War Room the group for people who can't grasp that Lake, the failed GOP candidate for governor of Arizona, could lose, and support her attempts to overturn the election by canceling votes of people in my county...meaning my vote. She wants to cancel my vote. Screw her.
Rep. Lauren Boebert, need I say more.
RSBN, Right Side Broadcasting Network.
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Green. This one's even weirder.
Greg Kelly, Newsmax anchor.
Ron DeSantis, governor of Florida.
Matt Gaetz. "Florida man, Firebrand, American"
NewsMax with real news for real people. Really?
This is just in the first 15 or so. Scrolling down, about half of the recommendations are GOP senators, representatives, governors or governor candidates, anchors from conservative news stations, conservative news stations, and the like. Once I get down to the 30th or 40th recommendation I start seeing things I might actually care about, like knitting groups, groups on how to self-publish or connect with editors, more furry artists...
Who on earth designed this algorithm? It looks like all it's doing is pushing up to the front the type of person who cries the loudest about being silenced.
"Hmmm, next up we have a huge middle-age queer who likes anthro wolves and gryphons and seems to be into some rather...exotic fetishes. What might he enjoy reading about? I know, let's hook him up with Josh Hawley and Dinesh D'Souza!" (They were both in the 20's when it came to recommendations.)