This blog is an introduction to how the algorithm selects Tweets for your timeline. The foundation of Twitter’s recommendations is a set of core models and features that extract latent information from Tweet, user, and engagement data. The service that is responsible for constructing and serving the For You timeline is called Home Mixer.
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How do we choose Tweets?Candidate SourcesRankingHeuristics, Filters, and Product FeaturesMixing and ServingWhat’s Next?17 Impressions