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X TWEAKS ALGORITHM TO PRIORITIZE MUTUAL FOLLOWERS

X has adjusted its algorithm to boost post visibility among mutual followers—users who follow each other back—in an effort to reduce hostile interactions in reply sections.

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Nikita Bier says X made a "tweak to boost visibility of your posts to your mutuals", or those who users follow back, to avoid replies becoming a "battleground" (Lucas Ropek/TechCrunch)

Lucas Ropek / TechCrunch: Nikita Bier says X made a “tweak to boost visibility of your posts to your mutuals”, or those…

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X's algorithm will finally prioritize replies from people you already follow

X has made a tweak to give your replies a boost in your friends' comment section.

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Anthropic faces ridicule and criticism for an ad titled "There's hope in hard questions" that unsettled viewers with weird graveyard imagery and doomer-ist tone (Lucas Ropek/TechCrunch)

Lucas Ropek / TechCrunch: Anthropic faces ridicule and criticism for an ad titled “There's hope in hard questions” that…

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X relaunches its Android app after a year-long rewrite from scratch; Nikita Bier calls it "one of the largest engineering projects" in the company's history (Sarah Perez/TechCrunch)

Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: X relaunches its Android app after a year-long rewrite from scratch; Nikita Bier calls it “one…

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