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(31,508 posts)Last edited Mon Jan 20, 2025, 01:20 AM - Edit history (4)
Yes, I do:
Input "For You" = list of links such curated from this and other accounts such as Infowars, Trump Tweets, MAGA etc "https://x.com/elonmusk?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor"
The only decision in the "algorithm" is "For You" and that's it. Everyone sees the same thing. Just like a webpage. List of links.
Even Musk joked about it himself.
The Economic Times is most recent and when I logged onto twitter this evening, after reading the ET article it appears they now have an algorithm, although very biased. On Jan 9th, I logged on and all it was Musk, Musk, InfoWars, Trumps Tweets. That was not an algorithm. That was a list of links. He must have put the algorithm back in because of pressure from the EU.
From Jan 17th EU asks X for internal documents about algorithms as it steps up investigation
https://archive.ph/QCWch#selection-1457.0-1461.436
From Jan 9th
EU Commission urged to act over Elon Musks interference in elections
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/jan/08/eu-commission-urged-to-act-elon-musk-interference-elections