Musk Announces Algorithm Changes to X Platform, Sparking Strong Community Opposition

BlockBeats News, January 5th, according to Cointelegraph's report, Musk faced widespread opposition after announcing an upcoming change to the X social media platform's algorithm. These changes aim to prioritize the recommendation of content considered to be informative or educational rather than other types of content.

According to Musk, these planned changes are intended to address the "excessive negative emotions" on social media platforms. He stated: "Our goal is to maximize user regret-free usage time. Currently, too much negative emotional content is being pushed, which does increase user engagement technically but is not regret-free engagement."

X platform users have described this algorithm change as a form of censorship and have questioned who exactly decides what qualifies as "negative emotions" on the platform. This upcoming change comes days after Musk reportedly revoked several accounts' premium features due to online debates over immigration visa issues.