Elon Musk always makes it rain and shine on Twitter, now X, when it comes to the accounts and sites he has on his nose. According to a survey conducted by Washington Post, the social network would have found a way to slow down external links leading to certain sites. Enough to make some users cringe and change their minds.
The American media found that it took five seconds longer to open a page of the New York Times, a Reuters article, a link to Thread, the competing platform launched by Meta, but also to the Instagram or Bluesky pages. Sites and services openly rejected by Elon Musk…
Since the survey was published, X.com has magically made some slowdowns disappear. Many pro-Musk sites like Fox News or much less annoying sites like YouTube would not have been affected by this slow display “issue.”
After being blocked by the billionaire on Twitter a few months ago, Substrack Notes, another Twitter competitor, has also been subject to the slowdown. The service did not take long to react to denounce “this type of behavior” that motivated its initial creation, the lack of reliability of this type of platform that prevents “authors from establishing links with their audience” and causes “hostile changes for people who they use them.”
A new algorithm that chooses your freedom of expression
Another black spot detected on X.com, a new algorithm change that changes the visibility of posts. According to the @Tibo_maker account, confirming the finding before him by @NFT_God, the “For You” tab, which in particular offers posts from certified unfollowed accounts and those from your followed accounts, has been thoroughly revised.
Both accounts note that mentioning X.com’s competitors or even including links to these sites and services would have the effect of reducing tweet growth in the thread. A freedom of expression that, therefore, has its limits, even for Musk…
Source: BFM TV
