TeaKingMac t1_j949hcr wrote on February 19, 2023 at 3:08 AM

Reply to comment by That007Spy in I Watched Elon Musk Kill Twitter’s Culture From the Inside | This bizarre episode in social-media history proves that it’s well past time for meaningful tech oversight by Hrmbee

I doubt that was her call to make.

I think they probably reported the problem, and then the company decided it was cheaper to trash the feature than try to fix it.

That007Spy t1_j94p1x6 wrote on February 19, 2023 at 5:29 AM

I quote " Our solution was straightforward: Image cropping wasn’t a function that needed to be automated, so Twitter disabled the algorithm." Our solution means that it was her suggestion. Anyone who's solution to a problem like that is to shitcan the feature should be fired on general principles