On March 31st, 2023, Twitter made an unprecedented move by releasing the source code for their algorithm. The move is unprecedented because…
Twitter Thoughts For You
I previously have written back in March 2022 about how I use Twitter, and back in April 2023 about Twitter and its then-new algorithms, which have changed again.
How the Twitter/X Algorithm Works in 2026 (Source Code)
Twitter published its ranking weights on GitHub. A reply is worth 150x a like. Free accounts get 10x less reach. Full scoring system explained.
Twitter and What Might Have Been
Twitter’s blog is generally a cheery place, with one big exception from 2012: the innocuously named Changes Coming in Version 1.1 of the Twitter API, and in particular, the section called …
Deep Dive: Inside X (fka Twitter)’s Recommendation Algorithm
Decoding the Machine That Powers Your “For You” Timeline ,When Elon Musk open-sourced Twitter’s recommendation algorithm in March 2023, it…
Social media algorithms can be redesigned to bridge divides — here’s how
"It falls to both the tech companies that built these systems and an engaged public to create technologies designed for social cohesion."
Twitter's For You Recommendation Algorithm
Twitter has open-sourced a majority of its recommendation algorithm. It offers an exciting opportunity for researchers, industry practitioners, and RecSys enthusiasts to take a close look at how Twitter computes the recommended feed for the For You page. This article described Twitter’s end-to-end recommender system along with relevant literature and code references.
The Weird, Fragmented World of Social Media After Twitter - The Atlan…
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Andrej Karpathy on Twitter / X
Wow, this tweet went very viral!I wanted share a possibly slightly improved version of the tweet in an "idea file". The idea of the idea file is that in this era of LLM agents, there is less of a point/need of sharing the specific code/app, you just share the idea, then the… https://t.co/4UAmYYFzCw— Andrej Karpathy (@karpathy) April 4, 2026
Yes, Elon Musk created a special system for showing you all his tweets first
After his Super Bowl tweet did worse numbers than President Biden’s, Twitter’s CEO ordered major changes to the algorithm.
Note from 8 February 2024
There are now 68 Twitter archives mapped in `tweetback-canonical`, which means links to the original tweets in other tweetback archives are transformed…
How Elon Musk Is Changing the Twitter Experience (Published 2023)
Nearly six months after buying Twitter, Mr. Musk has made tweaks that have altered what people see on the platform and how they interact with it.
My 2024 thoughts on the state of social media
I see a continued fragmentation of social media as people leave X(Twitter).
Nobody knows how the whole system works
One of the surprising (at least to me) consequences of the fall of Twitter is the rise of LinkedIn as a social media site. I saw some interesting posts I wanted to call attention to: First, Simon W…
Introducing GreenEarth
We're building advanced open source algorithms for social media
The Pulse of The Planet, Flatlined: Why Twitter's Is Failing to Grow
No, it's not rampant abuse, weak leadership, or a product that intimidates new users. The roots of Twitter's stagnation go back to 2010.
