Twitter’s algorithms will show only verified accounts in the ‘For You’ tab
From April 15, 2023, Twitter’s For You recommendations feed will be built from tweets published by verified users.
Starting April 15th, only verified accounts will be eligible to be in For You recommendations.
The is the only realistic way to address advanced AI bot swarms taking over. It is otherwise a hopeless losing battle.
Voting in polls will require verification for same reason.
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) March 27, 2023
According to the social network’s owner, Elon Musk, the aim is to prevent the feed from being captured by an advanced swarm of AI bots. He added that Twitter “will hopelessly lose the battle” if the change is not introduced.
In a subsequent tweet, Musk explained that AI bots can pay for verification if they do not violate the platform’s rules and do not impersonate humans.
That said, it’s ok to have verified bot accounts if they follow terms of service & don’t impersonate a human
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) March 28, 2023
The Twitter ‘For You’ tab shows not only tweets from followed accounts but also content based on recommendations. The feature debuted in January 2023 on iOS. It was later rolled out to other platforms.
At first, the social network defaulted to showing the new tab to all users, but after a wave of criticism it restored the chronological feed as the starting screen.
Earlier, Twitter announced that starting April 1 it would begin winding down legacy verification checkmarks issued before the Blue subscription launch. Public figures, companies, government and non-governmental organizations must now pay for verification.
On April 1st, we will begin winding down our legacy verified program and removing legacy verified checkmarks. To keep your blue checkmark on Twitter, individuals can sign up for Twitter Blue here: https://t.co/gzpCcwOpLp
Organizations can sign up for https://t.co/RlN5BbuGA3…
— Twitter Verified (@verified) March 23, 2023
As reported, on March 31, Twitter will open the source code of the recommendation algorithm.
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