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Casey Newton Feb 15, 2023

Elon Musk ordered major changes to the Twitter ranking algorithm this weekend after ... President Biden's tweet about the Eagles got higher engagement than his did.

Inside the secret system that's showing you all his tweets first, from @zoeschiffer and me. https://www.platformer.news/p/yes-elon-musk-created-a-special-system

Yes, Elon Musk created a special system for showing you all his tweets first

After his Super Bowl tweet did worse numbers than President Biden’s, Twitter’s CEO ordered major changes to the algorithm

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Nelson Minar Feb 15, 2023

@caseynewton @zoeschiffer how is this possible? I'm not doubting your reporting. Just having a hard time imagining someone *this* egotistical.

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Mostly Harmless (Cam Johnson)

@nelson @caseynewton @zoeschiffer Not even close to the most egotistical thing he’s done. Hiring a PI to dig up dirt on a hero cave diver was probably the low point.