it’s long been assumed twitter just kind of makes its metrics up, especially now that “views” are a thing you can “see” on regular tweets, so tough to say. what can be said: it did unambiguously reach a lot of people, but i doubt it was anywhere near 16m unique people
Right, exactly. And that got me thinking: what counts as a view?
Do you have to click play and watch it or does it count as a view if it shows up in your feed and you scroll past it? I’m leaning toward the latter, but I don’t have any knowledge of how Twitter’s metrics work (if there is even any logic to them, that is).
I definitely agree that it wasn’t anywhere near 16m unique people, so I do feel a little better about our species. lol
Do you have to click play and watch it or does it count as a view if it shows up in your feed and you scroll past it? I’m leaning toward the latter, but I don’t have any knowledge of how Twitter’s metrics work (if there is even any logic to them, that is).
autoplay is another factor, since i know some twitter videos absolutely do that. they also repeat.
I definitely agree that it wasn’t anywhere near 16m unique people, so I do feel a little better about our species. lol
another thing to feel good about: tucker is a known quantity, so i doubt he’s reaching a lot of new people (and especially not on Twitter, where people are already likely to be quite set in ideology)
I doubt it. There’s just a lot of people out there. What I would like to believe however is that people were just curious and won’t stick around for more.
For the sake of my faith in humanity, is there any chance Musk might have had his thumb on the scale there?
it’s long been assumed twitter just kind of makes its metrics up, especially now that “views” are a thing you can “see” on regular tweets, so tough to say. what can be said: it did unambiguously reach a lot of people, but i doubt it was anywhere near 16m unique people
Right, exactly. And that got me thinking: what counts as a view?
Do you have to click play and watch it or does it count as a view if it shows up in your feed and you scroll past it? I’m leaning toward the latter, but I don’t have any knowledge of how Twitter’s metrics work (if there is even any logic to them, that is).
I definitely agree that it wasn’t anywhere near 16m unique people, so I do feel a little better about our species. lol
autoplay is another factor, since i know some twitter videos absolutely do that. they also repeat.
another thing to feel good about: tucker is a known quantity, so i doubt he’s reaching a lot of new people (and especially not on Twitter, where people are already likely to be quite set in ideology)
Yes, a large chance.
1 - Hiding behind an “algorithm” allows social media sites to implement “heating”. They do this to court brands and demographics. https://www.forbes.com/sites/emilybaker-white/2023/01/20/tiktoks-secret-heating-button-can-make-anyone-go-viral/
2 - Musk is sucking up to the right wing crowd, including radical conspirationists. https://www.politico.com/news/2022/12/02/musk-gop-twitter-moves-00071758
Taken together, it makes psycopathic sense for him to “heat” conspiracy bullshit on Twitter to make them feel Twitter is an arena they can succeed on.
I doubt it. There’s just a lot of people out there. What I would like to believe however is that people were just curious and won’t stick around for more.