algorithm

Meta’s Threads is letting users be the boss of their own algorithm

Threads, Meta’s X-like social network, rolled out a feature that lets users tell the app’s algorithm what they want to see more or less of in their feed.The feature, called Dear Algo, works like this: you write a public Threads post starting with “Dear Algo,” followed by a request, such…

Elon Musk Calls X Algorithm ‘Dumb,’ Open-Sources Changes

Feel like X’s algorithm needs work? Elon Musk agrees.Musk isn’t a fan of X’s algorithm, and he’s documenting the company’s efforts to improve the technology that decides what you see in the platform’s “For You” feed.Musk said he is overhauling the recommendation system that decides which user-generated posts and advertisements…