Elon Musk is famous for using the social media platform of Twitter to express his opinions and bring many updates to his ventures but is now complaining about its algorithm. The tech CEO said that Twitter has "de facto bias" on the platform, and the billionaire started a poll on the platform to make its code open-sourced for the public to enjoy.
I’m worried about de facto bias in “the Twitter algorithm” having a major effect on public discourse.
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) March 24, 2022
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Elon Musk: Twitter's Algorithm Features De Facto Bias
The Tesla founder replied to a tweet on Twitter's platform, and it talked about the problems that Tim Urban has with social media and its system present today. Musk claimed that Twitter has 'de facto bias' present in its code, and it worries the CEO as it features a significant effect on public discourse happening on its day-to-day.
Musk also questions what is happening on Twitter daily.
Billy Markus also joined the conversation and talked about not knowing the public discourse with Twitter's algorithm, and he spoke of social media platforms having this power. With this, Musk said Twitter's algorithm should be open-sourced, and it is something that the company needs to give the public for its many needs in it.
Musk Created a Poll to Appeal Open-Sourced Twitter
The conversation steered the tech CEO to appeal online, asking the public for a vote regarding their opinions on making Twitter open-sourced. The poll is still open if the people want to vote on Twitter's algorithm and code, with its current users answering the CEO's tweet already amounting to more than 820,000 votes, with 83 percent in agreement with Musk.
Twitter algorithm should be open source
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) March 24, 2022
Elon Musk and Twitter
The famous tech CEO is an avid Twitter user, and based on his updates and likes on the platform, the Tesla and SpaceX founder brings a lot of his company's updates on the forum. The CEO freely expresses his opinion on Twitter, with the recent talk about the Tesla Model X's six-seater variant to be the only unit in the lineup he wants to offer to the public.
However, sometimes regulators are not that fond of the tech CEO, and there are times that Musk faced several disputes for his publicized tweets.
US regulators want the top executive's tweets to be monitored by the company as it brings a lot of information that fans and the public uphold as it came directly from the CEO. The CEO makes many statements regarding the many ventures of Tesla and other companies that the CEO owns, and the regulators think it is too much.
Twitter and Elon Musk went a long way and started from the minor ranks up to when the CEO became one of the most influential CEOs in the platform with an active user base. Not only that, Musk has used Twitter to post memes and express his personal life on the forum, using social media for both his actual day-to-day journal and business purposes.
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Written by Isaiah Richard
