On February 22, Beijing time, Elon Musk, the boss of Twitter, announced on Tuesday that Twitter's algorithm would be open source next week. "Open source" means that anyone can publicly access, view, modify and redistribute Twitter source code.
When interacting with Musk, a Twitter user said that Twitter should be open source. If they can do this, they will "really be impressed". Musk then replied: "Our algorithm will be open source next week. First of all, we should be prepared for disappointment, but it will improve quickly!"
Musk claims to be an "absolutist of freedom of speech" and conducts a public opinion survey on Twitter to let users make major decisions. He has said many times in the past that he supports the idea of open source algorithm for the platform. On the surface, this will help improve the transparency of Twitter platform.
