X/Twitter makes new changes to show “less slop” –

Ever since Elon Musk took over Twitter and renamed it his own platform X, a constant criticism of social media has been that the content people see is far worse than what was previously available. Racism, homophobia and more are rife, with AI-generated slop being a constant on people’s feeds.

But that may soon change. Greg Yang, mathematician at xAI, recently posted that as a result of some updates to the platform, people are expected to “less slop” will see on their front page.

Negative feedback will weigh more heavily on posts, meaning that if something is decided as slop, it will be hard to get it to appear more often. Also, duplicate posts and videos that try to bait the algorithm will no longer be as successful.

These are small steps in restoring the sense of the old content people used to see. It’s hard to imagine an X where you don’t actively block Musk’s personal account, alongside more big names using the same rhetoric. As the owner of the platform, however, it’s up to Musk to do what he wants.