Comments about the article in Nature: The new Twitter is changing rapidly — study it before it’s too late

Following is a discussion about this article in Nature Vol 623 7 November 2023, by Mike Caulfield e.a.
To study the full text select this link: https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-023-03483-8 In the last paragraph I explain my own opinion.

Reflection

Introduction

Last month, my team at the University of Washington’s Center for an Informed Public in Seattle looked at data from X (formerly Twitter) to find the most influential voices in the discourse surrounding the Israel–Hamas war (see go.nature.com/3qwdi)
The article claims: "Since the first news of the attack on Israel by Hamas, we have seen anecdotal reports from users of X (formerly Twitter) that the platform has become less useful for surfacing verified news and more generally disorienting. "

1. Chalenges

Such insights are desperately needed. Our work on last year’s US midterm elections showed that, even before the worrying changes at X, the platform was able to disseminate election conspiracy theories broadly and with remarkable efficiency (see go.nature.com/47gg02). We feel that X will play that part in next year’s US elections — including the presidential race — as well as in dozens of others around the world in what is shaping up to be a very important year.
To understand the implications is difficult