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		JohnFen on March 31, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Twitter's Recommendation Algorithm About 40% of US voters are not registered with any political party, so at least they will avoid whatever this triggers.

kuhewa on March 31, 2023 | [–]

So you imagine these tags are set by looking account names up on state voter registration lists?

JohnFen on March 31, 2023 | | [–]

Well, if not, then the tags have such a large error bar as to be meaningless.

emmo on March 31, 2023 | | | [–]

Or the data is assumed good and used dangerously.

jacquesm on March 31, 2023 | [–]

And then there is the rest of the world.

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