Twitter is suggesting I follow dead robots
by Martin Belam, 7 October 2010
When Twitter launched their 'Who to follow' feature there was a flurry of outcry and much gnashing of teeth at the way the algorithm worked. In my case, it seems on a one-man mission to get me to follow every single possible Guardian Twitter feed going.
Including @guardianrobot.
Now, I've got nothing against the little fella.
He was great fun when Ken built him at one of our hack days, and he even got to visit America.
But he has only tweeted once in the last twelve months.
Surely the 'who you should follow' algorithm ought to take into account some measure of a user's recent activity level before making suggestions?