Are we only seeing the kind of news we want to see on social media? What effects do personalized algorithms have on our perception of news quality? Do algorithms help us serendipitously encounter ...

Tesla CEO Elon Musk has acknowledged ongoing issues with Twitter’s (now X) recommendation algorithm. In a post, the world’s richest person apologized to users for what he described as ‘frustrations’ ...

In 2023, the website then known as Twitter partially open sourced its algorithm for the first time. In those days, Tesla billionaire Elon Musk had only recently acquired the platform, and he claimed ...

He open-sourced Twitter’s algorithm back in 2023, but then never updated the GitHub. He open-sourced Twitter’s algorithm back in 2023, but then never updated the GitHub. is the Verge’s weekend editor.

You're currently following this author! Want to unfollow? Unsubscribe via the link in your email. On X, not all engagement is equal. Elon Musk's social media company on Thursday released the source ...

For months, Crypto Twitter felt like it was talking to an empty room. On July 13, that started to change. X's head of product, Nikita Bier, announced a change to the platform's algorithm designed to ...

If you opened Facebook, Twitter or Instagram about a decade ago, you'd likely see posts from friends and family, in chronological order. Nowadays, users are hit with a barrage of content curated by an ...