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Twitter Open Sourcing Its Algorithm, Explained
a breakdown of how twitter's recommendation algorithm works, and the implications of the company making it open source
Brandon Gorrell
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Today, Twitter open sourced the code for its recommendation algorithm, the company announced in a blog post. The flow chart above shows the main components of the algo, and broadly describes the decision matrix by which Twitter shows users tweets. Find the GitHub depot here.
In its blog post, Twitter indicates that the main goal of the recommendation algorithm is essentially to optimize user engagement:
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