{"id":1243195,"date":"2023-02-24T07:57:33","date_gmt":"2023-02-24T02:27:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/trak.in\/stories\/?p=1243195"},"modified":"2023-02-24T08:02:12","modified_gmt":"2023-02-24T02:32:12","slug":"elon-musk-can-make-twitters-entire-code-open-source-will-it-improve-twitters-performance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/trak.in\/stories\/elon-musk-can-make-twitters-entire-code-open-source-will-it-improve-twitters-performance\/","title":{"rendered":"Elon Musk Can Make Twitter&#8217;s Entire Code &#8216;Open Source&#8217;; Will It Improve Twitter&#8217;s Performance?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>On Wednesday, Twitter owner <a href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/tech\/twitter-algorithm-open-source-musk-b2287007.html?utm_campaign=fullarticle&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_source=inshorts\">Elon Musk<\/a> hinted that the company is preparing to open source the microblogging platform\u2019s algorithm as soon as \u201cnext week\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"465\" src=\"https:\/\/trak.in\/stories\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Untitled-design-31-1-1.jpeg\" alt=\"Elon Musk Can Make Twitter's Entire Code 'Open Source'; Will It Improve Twitter's Performance?\" class=\"wp-image-1243214\" srcset=\"https:\/\/trak.in\/stories\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Untitled-design-31-1-1.jpeg 1000w, https:\/\/trak.in\/stories\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Untitled-design-31-1-1-300x140.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/trak.in\/stories\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Untitled-design-31-1-1-768x357.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Twitter Preparing To Go Open Source<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mr Musk said, \u201cPrepare to be disappointed at first when our algorithm is made open source next week,\u201d adding that \u201cit will improve rapidly,\u201d in response to a tweet urging the Twitter chief to open source the platform.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Basically, this move of making Twitter\u2019s algorithm open source, would allow its software to be publicly accessible to users across the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It appears that Mr Musk \u2019s remarks are in line with his previous statements about him supporting the idea of making Twitter\u2019s algorithm open source.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>How Does This Affect?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This move holds a great significance as it could bring greater transparency to the platform.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Tesla chief said last year that making Twitter\u2019s algorithm open source \u201cis the way to go to solve both trust and efficacy\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Further adding, \u201cI\u2019m worried about de facto bias in \u2018the Twitter algorithm\u2019 having a major effect on public discourse. How do we know what\u2019s really happening? The algorithm needs to be open source,\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to the social media experts, making Twitter\u2019s algorithm open source can help researchers gain access to the platform\u2019s software and help them decode how hate speech spreads on the platform and suggest ways to counter it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Earning The Trust<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Earlier, Twitter\u2019s co-founder and former chief Jack Dorsey had said his biggest regret was that Twitter became a company, adding that he envisioned the platform as an \u201copen source protocol\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Last year, Mr Dorsey said in a tweet,\u201ca transparent system, both in policy and operations, is the right way to earn trust. Whether it\u2019s owned by a company or an open protocol doesn\u2019t matter as much as deliberately deciding to be open about every decision and why it was made,\u201d.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So far, it is unclear if Mr Musk is serious about his latest tweet on making Twitter\u2019s algorithm open source by next week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This latest update of Mr Musk\u2019s tweet on open sourcing Twitter\u2019s algorithm comes at a time when the US Supreme Court is hearing arguments on the role of YouTube\u2019s algorithm in recommending ISIS videos to its users.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Wednesday, Twitter owner Elon Musk hinted that the company is preparing to open source the microblogging platform\u2019s algorithm as soon as \u201cnext week\u201d. Twitter Preparing To Go Open Source Mr Musk said, \u201cPrepare to be disappointed at first when our algorithm is made open source next week,\u201d adding that \u201cit will improve rapidly,\u201d in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":27,"featured_media":1243214,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[240,950],"class_list":["post-1243195","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-technology","tag-elon-musk","tag-open-source"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Elon Musk Can Make Twitter&#039;s Entire Code &#039;Open Source&#039;; Will It Improve Twitter&#039;s Performance? - Trak.in - Indian Business of Tech, Mobile &amp; Startups<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/trak.in\/stories\/elon-musk-can-make-twitters-entire-code-open-source-will-it-improve-twitters-performance\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Elon Musk Can Make Twitter&#039;s Entire Code &#039;Open Source&#039;; Will It Improve Twitter&#039;s Performance? - Trak.in - Indian Business of Tech, Mobile &amp; Startups\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"On Wednesday, Twitter owner Elon Musk hinted that the company is preparing to open source the microblogging platform\u2019s algorithm as soon as \u201cnext week\u201d. 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