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New-user filter widened to 7 days, and new experimental re-rankers

Racy-content filter now covers a user's first week

This went from 1 day to 7 days.

What to do: Same as 22 Oct: label borderline media.

medium confidence Medium confidence: the change is clear, but its real-world effect is our reading. Source commit 5ed7963

Two new experimental re-rankers

'Page decode' and 'RL exploration' scorers were added. They look like experiments in arranging the whole feed at once and trying out new posts. We can't tell how live they are.

What to do: Unclear. We're watching it.

low confidence Low confidence: new or experimental code. We can't tell how live it is. Source commit 5ed7963

Brazil election filter removed

A temporary election-period filter was deleted.

What to do: Only relevant to Brazilian political content.

medium confidence Medium confidence: the change is clear, but its real-world effect is our reading. Source commit 5ed7963

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