Many X users have found that their feed is rather random, with comments on their posts similarly more from randos than those who follow you. The platform says it has finally noticed this and is fixing it with a “tweak” to the algorithm …
The social network formerly known as Twitter has increasingly looked like a dumpster fire. One of the biggest complaints has been that our feeds no longer comprise the people we follow, but rather the people X thinks we should read.
Product head Nikita Bier says they only just noticed that they weren’t paying attention to mutual followers, and the company is now rolling out a fix for this.
We’re rolling out a small tweak to boost visibility of your posts to your mutuals (people who you follow back). We noticed this data was missing from the algo and it made your friends appear less in your replies. This resulted in the reply section feeling more like a battleground with people you don’t recognize. This should also help clusters form around interests more easily, which many people have asked for.
Whether this will actually address one of the biggest problems with X remains to be seen.
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