Twitter May Open Source Its Algorithm Next Week

Elon Musk on Wednesday indicated that Twitter will be open sourcing its algorithm as soon as next week.

In a response to a tweet that asked the Twitter CEO to open source Twitter, Musk said “prepare to be disappointed at first when our algorithm is made open source next week.”

Musk had originally tweeted: “Say what you want about me, but I acquired the world's largest non-profit for $44B lol.” In a reply to this, one of the Twitter users urged the business tycoon to make Twitter open source.

In a subsequent tweet, Musk said people could find the algorithm disappointing when it’s made open source next week but emphasised that it would improve.

It is currently not known if the Twitter CEO was serious about making the micro-blogging platform’s algorithm open source.

Last week, Musk had said that Twitter would allow users to adjust the platform’s algorithm to their closest match in the coming months. If Twitter’s algorithm is made open source, it would be a step towards the announcement made last week.