 Whoa, cool blog post summarizing a bunch of available studies on quote tweeting behavior -- research that I was unaware existed! https://absolutelymaybe.plos.org/2023/01/12/quote-tweeting-over-30-studies-dispel-some-myths/ No silver bullets that will end any debates here but, you know, here's some data at least 7 comments
@darius it's been very interesting to me, as someone who's in the safest possible online demographic, to see how different marginalized/vulnerable groups feel about quote-tweets. There's a real spectrum of responses, from "quote-retweets are how we add important context to all the shit we're subjected to every day" to "quote-retweets are how harassers target their victims". I do wonder whether opt-in quote-posts will address some of the concerns. @darius Grateful to Hilda for this! Could you ever see instances using data and experiments to inform design decisions? @darius @natematias be careful what you wish for. One foundational issue: the basic assumption is “the product launch is the treatment and the effects represent the term effect of the product.” In fact, you are measuring the entire launch condition, product adoption, enrollment method, marketing plan, and product infra for experiment duration. As a result, hard to draw conclusions without a lot of care. |
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(saw this via @rauchway who I did not want to tag in the original post because I expect it might get boosted a bunch and then he would get CC'ed into a bunch of conversation he did not sign up for)