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Dave, you say it's social media history 101 that algorithms are gamed and can't be open due to this. What examples are there of social media companies open sourcing their algorithms? Security through obscurity of closed source software has proven to be a fabrication and open source software can be just as secure. What evidence is there that private algorithms provide any actual advantage, if they're being gamed anyway?

There's nothing that says open source has to be set in stone. Quite the contrary, in fact.

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Twitter, YouTube, Facebook - could not be much more censorious. Can't see where Twitter does not need reformation. Free speech must allow for disinformation / misinformation until an all knowing god convinces us that we should let them decide. Incitement to violence, hate speech (adult temper tantrums) and bullying / slandering / doxing / other evils should be vigorously discovered and removed. Stop suspending accounts. Force some tweeters to have each tweet go through a review for hurtful behavior and send them back if they fail normal human reactions.

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