--- title: "Open-sourcing Twitter's algorithms is more complex than Musk implies" url: https://daily.dev/posts/open-sourcing-twitter-s-algorithms-is-more-complex-than-musk-implies-yhld3e04f source_url: https://thenextweb.com/news/what-are-elon-musk-plans-to-open-source-twitter-algorithms type: article source: "The Next Web" published: 2022-04-27T23:19:49.593Z updated: 2022-04-27T23:19:49.593Z tags: ["tech-news", "data-science", "open-source"] reading_time: 4 upvotes: 10 comments: 2 language: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Open-sourcing Twitter's algorithms is more complex than Musk implies **[The Next Web](https://daily.dev/sources/tnw)** · 4 min read · 10 upvotes · 2 comments ## Summary Elon Musk has proposed making Twitter's algorithms open source. The Tesla tycoon argued that disclosing what amplifies or downranks tweets would reduce the risk of “behind the scenes manipulation” The approach has won support from some transparency advocates and critics of Twitter’s content moderation. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Community discussion Top comments from developers on daily.dev. **@ilikecode204** · 2 upvotes > Difficult doesn't mean impossible and much of the staff at Twitter seems to behave like angry pre-teens told they can't stay up as late as they want on a school night 🤷‍♂️ > > If I was him I'd be firing a lot of people. Particularly those that feel more inclined to be activists then developers. **@bobbyiliev** · 0 upvotes > Overly optimistic as always 😁 ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Don’t just attend KubeCon \+ CloudNativeCon, Merge Forward your experience\!](https://daily.dev/posts/don-t-just-attend-kubecon-cloudnativecon-merge-forward-your-experience--l0rpp73x8) · CNCF · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [Announcing H2 2026 KCDs](https://daily.dev/posts/announcing-h2-2026-kcds-m96goajm1) · CNCF · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [Two months of Open Community Groups](https://daily.dev/posts/two-months-of-open-community-groups-asf52zhbs) · CNCF · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [CNCF Unveils Schedule for KubeCon \+ CloudNativeCon Europe 2026](https://daily.dev/posts/cncf-unveils-schedule-for-kubecon-cloudnativecon-europe-2026-ikhcoa5cb) · CNCF · 2 upvotes · 0 comments - [CNCF Debuts KubeCon \+ CloudNativeCon Japan 2026 Schedule](https://daily.dev/posts/cncf-debuts-kubecon-cloudnativecon-japan-2026-schedule-xp5pyudub) · CNCF · 1 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#tech-news](https://daily.dev/tags/tech-news), [#data-science](https://daily.dev/tags/data-science), [#open-source](https://daily.dev/tags/open-source) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/open-sourcing-twitter-s-algorithms-is-more-complex-than-musk-implies-yhld3e04f)