Musk confirmed that posts containing links are deprioritized, renewing criticism that the platform is restricting access to external sources of information.
  • Fitik
    27•25 days ago

    Wasn’t it known/confirmed since Twitter made their algorithm partially open source? (I think it was a year ago or so)

    • mesamuneEnglish
      27•25 days ago

      My favorite was all the “if elon” code debacles lol. The code was hilarious.

      • @jonne@infosec.pubEnglish
        17•25 days ago

        Yeah, he specifically gets boosted across the site, which is why he ended up in everyone’s feeds.

        • BoneEnglish
          15•25 days ago

          Could learn a lesson or two from that MySpace Tom guy. He might have been my first friend on that site, but he never made a peep after that! I respect him for that.

          • Semi-Hemi-LemmygodEnglish
            4•25 days ago

            If MySpace had lived long enough to get enshittified Tom would have been replaced by an AI chat bot who never leaves you alone.