Twitter Rolls Out Algorithm To Check Low Quality Notes
In a move to make the social media platform for more productive, Twitter has rolled out an algorithm update to identify more low quality Community Notes. This new algorithm would result in the suspension of contributor status for those who write unhelpful annotations to provide further clarification and context on tweets.
According to Twitter, those users will have to earn back their "contributor" status, as Elon Musk promotes community-based moderation as the future of the company.
The algorithm update would help more low quality notes get identified, with more contributors who consistently write low quality notes having their writing ability locked (and must earn it back) and contributor helpfulness scores improve with more scoring data, said the company.
“One of contributors' top frustrations is seeing and rating low quality notes. We just rolled out an algorithm update that identifies more low quality notes - saving contributors time, and improving the average quality of notes (and note writers)," the company said in a tweet thread. The latest update will better identify and lock out more contributors who aren't writing helpful content
The micro blogging platform further said that contributors can write notes that propose context to be added to a Tweet. Or they can write notes explaining to other contributors why a Tweet isn't misleading, and therefore, shouldn't have context added to it.
In a tweet that can be aptly termed as an official statement, the VP of product at Twitter Keith Coleman stated in a tweet that "low quality" notes are rated as such if a "wide range of people" agree that a particular note is not helpful. "This prevents one-sided outcomes," Coleman said.
