Persona Non Grata
@geoffgolberg
While it's great that the auto-follow list is no more, the damage has already been done in that any (off-the-shelf) influence-driven algorithm will heavily skew to favor accounts that were on that list.. unless proper adjustments have been made And if you're developing your own proprietary influence-driven algorithm, it's imperative to take this into account cc: @betashop.eth
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Tony D’Addeo
@deodad
I don't find this skew a problem in and of itself... the autofollow list had the most interesting accounts who were here early and posted into the void for years to build the network up from nothing they earned their following by jumping on a once-in-a-life distribution opportunity the problem would be a capital score algo that *increased* this skew concretely: take 100 accounts that were on the AF list, calculate their % of social capital of the network in both relative and absolute terms if every month of the algo running those % increased then the algo is worthless if every month of the algo running those % decrease then it's good and yes path dependency exists but that's ok bc those early advantages are decaying
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Persona Non Grata
@geoffgolberg
There are ~210k accounts that have never casted; those accrue value for the accounts that were on the auto-follow list, as they comprise a large chunk of their followers It is problematic for many reasons, actually Would welcome discussing with you live if you're up for it re: you not finding the skew being a problem, that's your opinion; mine is different The system can (and should) be improved
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