Low-Engagement Friends' Posts Compete for Your Feed
ivan_bezdomny · x · 2026-07-16
The author discusses a shift in how timeline platforms operate:
- Older algorithms would often show you tweets before your friends even had a chance to share them with you.
- Now, content from low-engagement friends also competes for space, creating a "zero-sum" experience.
This is a subjective observation on recommendation algorithms and how we consume social information.
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