Elon Musk stayed true to his word. As the clock struck Noon on Friday, the renegade CEO revealed portions of Twitter's proprietary algorithm.
The algorithm, which is basically the formula that decides which tweets a user sees on their timeline, is a valuable asset - many internet companies treat algorithms as something akin to state secrets. Musk framed his decision to make Twitter's algorithm open source as an effort to improve it, by enlisting the help of volunteers, and as an act of radical transparency — if you suspected Twitter was "shadowbanning" certain people, the conspiracy would finally be exposed.
