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Алексей Гормен
Алексей Гормен

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Proposal: Graph Integrity & Entropy-Based Pruning (GIEP)

Why this matters: Current social networks often drown users in "algorithmic noise" (spam, bots, and low-signal echo chambers). This leads to mental fatigue and information distortion. The GIEP acts as a "logic crystal" for your feed. It uses advanced mathematics to distinguish high-signal, foundational content from chaotic noise. The Result: Your timeline becomes as precise as a professional encyclopedia while remaining dynamic. You spend less time filtering trash and more time gaining real, verified knowledge.

Executive Summary:

Current recommendation systems on X suffer from semantic drift and high-entropy signal noise caused by bot-driven clusters. We propose a structural optimization layer that prioritizes Topological Stability over purely stochastic interaction weights.

1. Core Mechanisms

Structural Trust Anchors (STA): Instead of dynamic embeddings that are easily manipulated by bot activity, we introduce Stability-Aware Embeddings. These nodes act as anchors with high structural integrity, verified by their long-term temporal consistency in the graph.

Entropy-Based Candidate Pruning: We implement an Early-Exit mechanism for high-entropy clusters. By measuring the local Shannon entropy of a sub-graph, the system can preemptively drop low-signal branches before they reach the Heavy Ranker stage, reducing GPU/TPU overhead by estimated 20%.

Spectral Graph Regularization: Using Laplacian-based filtering to suppress high-frequency noise (spam bursts) while amplifying the resonant signal of established, high-trust communities.

2. Technical Formulation

The Resonance Stability Index ($R_s$) is used as a heuristic for candidate selection:

$$R_s = \sum_{j \in Nodes} \frac{W_j \cdot A_{ij}}{\ln(1 + \sigma_{ij}) + \beta \cdot H_j}$$

$W_j$: Anchor Weight (historical structural reliability).

$A_{ij}$: Adjacency matrix of the local interaction subgraph.

$\sigma_{ij}$: Signal variance (measure of semantic distortion).

$H_j$: Local Shannon Entropy of the cluster.

$\beta$: Scaling factor for entropy suppression.

3. Expected Impact

Bot-Farm Isolation: Bot clusters typically lack long-term topological stability. The STA layer naturally de-ranks them without manual moderation.

Resource Optimization: Reducing the candidate pool through entropy-based pruning allows for more complex ranking models on high-quality data.

Information Density: Increased "Signal-to-Noise" ratio in the "For You" feed, leading to higher long-term user retention.
https://x.com/AleksejGor40999/status/2010958601205268718?s=20

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