In the event you’ve been utilizing Twitter’s “For You” as a substitute of the chronological “Following” tab, you could have observed an issue. Quite a lot of customers have remarked that the algorithmic feed has been exhibiting a lot of Elon Musk’s tweets and replies, whether or not they observe him or not. Twitter’s CEO successfully confirmed the matter, tweeting “please keep tuned whereas we make changes to the uh… ‘algorithm.'”

I might assume that by placing “algorithm” in quotes, Musk is joking that an individual, presumably himself, may very well be accountable for the change. That is not too far-fetched, contemplating that the Elon-forward feed arrived shortly after Musk complained a few drop in his personal engagement and even reportedly fired an engineer over the difficulty. 

Following that episode, Musk tweeted {that a} repair was coming after a “lengthy day at Twitter HQ with eng group.” He mentioned that 95 p.c of his tweets weren’t getting delivered to the Following feed attributable to a difficulty with one thing referred to as “Fanout,” in order that’s now been shunted to a different service. He additionally famous that the Suggestion algorithm wasn’t working appropriately, “inflicting accounts with many followers to be dumped.” 

There isn’t any phrase but on why Twitter went from “Musk lite” to “all Elon on a regular basis,” however it seems that situation is being addressed. Within the meantime, you could possibly both mute Musk (not less than briefly) or just use the Following feed to see solely the tweets you need to see, exactly after they occur.