X admits his broken algorithm made the site look like a ‘battlefield’

Nikita Beer, head of X product, admitted as much In a job on Monday that X’s algorithm was “missing” data about viewing posts from people you followed. Now, he says the edit will “boost the visibility of your posts to people who subscribe,” hoping to foster a sense of community rather than highlighting and spreading random arguments, but he doesn’t explain how the data disappeared in the first place.

Last week, Pierre also said that users who post original content will do so “Go up faster” After admitting that top accounts on the platform were posting “stolen” content recycled from other users, now this adjustment may address the platform’s tendency toward controversy over other types of discussions.

We’re rolling out a small tweak to boost the visibility of your posts to subscribed people (people you follow).

We’ve noticed that this data is missing from the algorithm resulting in fewer friends appearing in your replies. This made the reply section feel like a battleground with people you don’t know.

This would also help groupings around interests form more easily, which is what many people have called for.

The focus on community follows similar recent updates to Threads and Bluesky, e.g TechCrunch Notes. When the topics were declared dead it was Over 500 million monthly active users “This growth is driven by communities — groups of people emerging around conversations they care about, from books to basketball to parenting to music,” she said last month. Bluesky’s Chief Operating Officer, Rose Wang, he said last month That the platform is shifting away from being a Twitter-style “town square.” Now permanent CEO Tony Schneider He echoed that message last weekBluesky will focus on “the ability to create smaller spaces and more private communities,” he said.