@Grummz: So X pulls 35 posts at a time and bumps you if you appear more than once. Reading the replies, the most interesting sug…
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A discussion thread on X proposes changes to the platform's feed algorithm to reduce multiple posts from the same author dominating a batch, including engagement detection and a 'tweet storm' icon.
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So X pulls 35 posts at a time and bumps you if you appear more than once. Reading the replies, the most interesting suggestions are: a) Some form of engagement detection, so that if you engage with the post, it won’t filter that poster for your next batch. b) Some sort of snooze button. Zero account penalty, but temp mutes the poster. I’d like to suggest one more thing, don’t move the post. Put a “tweet storm” or “X storm” icon next to the initial post and let users expand it to see all of the ones in that 35 batch. That way they don’t take up a full slot, and you can combine it with (a) above as an engagement signal.
Nikita Bier (@nikitabier): Just to be clear on mechanics:
The app pulls 35 posts at a time. If on one of those pulls, an author appears multiple times, they get moved to the next pull.
It’s not ideal and we’d like to find a better solution to big accounts taking up the top slots.
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