alt.hn

5/17/2026 at 3:31:29 AM

The latest X algorithm has been published to GitHub

 https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/2055277918633562153

by guiambros

5/17/2026 at 6:50:14 PM

Guys the algo is transparent because EU forced them

by profstasiak

5/17/2026 at 10:27:18 AM

I think it's cool that they're actively trying to innovate in this space and relatively in the open.

My favorite is when someone complains about their view count or something and head of product replies with screenshots or stats showing the person promoted some crypto scam or is AI slop. Sometimes he agrees and addresses the complaints.

Compare that to other PR bots that say "sorry you experienced that, send us a DM". What other social network is actually trying to innovate and engage w people in the open.

The move to include people's country of origin was also brilliant. It was eye opening when so many accounts that were v interested in American politics turned out to be from se asia.

https://x.com/i/status/2055822738972115230

by bko

5/17/2026 at 1:31:01 PM

Back in the day I had 4 twitter accounts for different interests, I would see tech talk on one, art or photography on others, it was great, each felt like a connected but different corner of the same world.

I left over a year ago when all of them just became dominated by the same nft and crypto posts everywhere. Couldn't scroll my timeline without seeing fake BBC news articles promising "David Attenboroughs best crypto investment " whatever account I was in. I'm not sure cleaning up a mess they made themselves is really "actively innovating", but I'd agree the country thing would have been interesting back when I used it

by hennell

5/17/2026 at 11:51:13 AM

I would like to see the other social networks following X's steps.

by DeathArrow

5/17/2026 at 1:25:51 PM

In turning into a far-right echo-chamber? Of the direct competitors, only Threads is closed. Mastodon has no ~algorithm~ discover feed, Bluesky is completely open source.

by d12bb

5/17/2026 at 12:26:01 PM

I'm sure this is no good deed on Elon's part. Everything he does is some ulterior motive or someone is forcing his hand. Or maybe he just wants to show off for his sycophantic buddies.

by pogue

5/17/2026 at 3:26:25 PM

Maybe it would be nice to be able to appreciate a Github repo which is actually useful without talking about politics?

by pixel_popping

5/17/2026 at 4:29:31 PM

Not possible with a billionaire who's actively trying to destroy the world. What would Lex Luther's Github look like I wonder?

by pogue

5/17/2026 at 11:21:06 PM

Pasting another reply that is mysteriously [dead] without being flagged (maybe a site bug?):

Maybe it would be nice if we didn't apologize for people who throw Nazi salutes in public? Elon doesn't deserve your kindness or consideration. It isn't political to say that Nazis are bad and people who sympathize with them are bad.

by angoragoats

5/17/2026 at 4:06:22 PM

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by estimator7292

5/18/2026 at 2:35:32 AM

Elon derangment syndrome

by weregiraffe

5/17/2026 at 11:19:35 PM

I would like to see other social networks shun Twitter, publicly call it out for causing harm to people, and be as different as possible from it.

by angoragoats