Twitter CEO and business tycoon Elon Musk announced on Saturday that the code involved in recommending tweets to users would go open sources on March 31.
A few weeks back, Musk has promised to make the Twitter algorithm open source; he also called the algorithm ‘overly complex’ and said it wasn’t understood even internally.
"People will discover many silly things, but we'll patch issues as soon as they're found!" Musk tweeted. "Providing code transparency will be incredibly embarrassing at first, but it should lead to rapid improvement in recommendation quality," he added.
“We’re developing a simplified approach to serve more compelling tweets, but it’s still a work in progress. That’ll also be open source,” he said. He also added that the code will gradually boost the quality of recommended tweets and earn users’ trust.
Making the code open source would mean developers, including aspiring rivals, would be able to put their own spins on the algorithm, according to a foundation for the software ecosystem.
The codes will be easily accessible to public who can then modify and redistribute those codes. It creates a decentralised and collaborative ecosystem which is relatively cheaper and relies on peer review and community production.
