Platforms should publish a machine-readable changelog for every ranking-algorithm change.

If a machine-readable changelog is the cheapest reliable way to let researchers correlate ranking changes with outcome shifts, then platforms ought to publish one for every change.

• A machine-readable changelog is the lowest-cost way for external researchers to detect when a ranking change coincides with a shift in user outcomes.

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• Is there a better alternative than A to achieve G?Open
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