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X's 'open source' algorithm isn't a win for transparency, researchers say

The X logo appears on a smartphone screen. (Photo by Nikolas Kokovlis/NurPhoto via Getty Images) (NurPhoto via Getty Images) When X's engineering team published the code that powers the platform's ...
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Is X (Twitter) Down? Social Media Platform Facing Big Outages

View post: It’s Not Just Your Wallet: Sports Gambling Linked to a Surprising Health Risk for Men Under 35 Elon Musk announced X will open-source its news feed and ad algorithms for transparency. X ...
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The State of the Open Social Web

With today’s news of a new leadership team for Mastodon, I thought it would be a good time to take stock of the state of the open social web. I’m not new to this space, or an impartial observer: I ...
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Mastodon, a decentralized alternative to X, plans to target creators with new features

Mastodon, a decentralized, open source social media platform and alternative to larger apps like X and Threads, announced on Wednesday its plans to make its app more approachable for newcomers while ...

New Platforms Won’t Save Social Media: Here’s What’s Actually Shifting

The future of social media is being shaped less by new platforms and more by shifting behavior, fragmentation, and ...