So Twitter open-sourced its algorithm today, and the community jumped into action to help Elon improve this platform he accidentally bought as a joke. Here are some of my favourite pull requests made to the repo today.
This helpful fix nukes the Twitter Blue amplification on the For You tab:
![](https://dave.samojlenko.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/1/2023/03/image-1024x918.png)
There were quite a few along the same lines as “Small fix to meaningfully improve the mental health of Twitter users” that just deletes the entire algorithm:
![](https://dave.samojlenko.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/1/2023/03/image-1-1024x285.png)
I feel like this bit of code may have been a more recent addition:
![](https://dave.samojlenko.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/1/2023/03/image-2-1024x155.png)
(nothing a little force-push can’t tidy up)
This one’s just a Spicy Chicken Sandwich:
![](https://dave.samojlenko.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/1/2023/03/image-3.png)
Lotta LGTMs on that one.
This person raises an important question
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