Open-sourcing Twitter’s algorithms is more complex than Elon Musk implies

Of all the grand ideas that Elon Musk has for Twitter, the one that he’s pitched most fervently is making the platform’s algorithms open source. The Tesla tycoon proposed the plan before his buyout bid was disclosed, reiterated it the day his offer was revealed, and pitched it once again after the deal was confirmed. Musk outlined his proposal at the TED2022 conference on April 14: It’s just really important that people have both the reality and the perception that they&r