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Twitter's owner, Elon Musk, has tweeted about the possibility of open sourcing the company's algorithm.
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Musk has been a longtime advocate of the idea of open sourcing Twitter's recommendation algorithm.
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Musk's tweet suggested that the algorithm could be open sourced as soon as next week, but it's unclear if this is a joke.
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Musk believes that open sourcing the algorithm will lead to rapid improvement.
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This is one of the first commitments with a potential deadline for open sourcing Twitter's algorithm.
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Twitter has faced pressure from the open source community, including Mastodon, which saw a surge in usage after Musk took over Twitter.
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Automattic CEO Matt Mullenweg has announced that his company's blogging platform will adopt the ActivityPub protocol, which powers Mastodon.
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Flickr CEO Don MacAskill is also considering adopting the ActivityPub protocol.
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The open sourcing of Twitter's algorithm will likely be closely watched by observers.
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Musk's tweet highlights a growing trend in the tech industry towards open source software.