BlockBeats news, on January 5, according to Cointelegraph, Musk is facing widespread opposition for announcing upcoming changes to the algorithm of the X social media platform. These changes aim to prioritize content deemed informative or educational, rather than other types of content.
According to Musk, these planned changes are intended to address the 'excessive negative sentiment' on the social media platform. He stated, 'Our goal is to maximize users' regret-free usage time. Currently, there is too much negative sentiment content being pushed, which technically does increase users' usage time but not their regret-free usage time.'
Users of platform X have described this algorithm change as a form of censorship and questioned who exactly Musk thinks should decide what counts as 'negative sentiment' on the platform. This upcoming change comes just days after Musk reportedly canceled several accounts' premium features due to an online dispute over immigration visa issues.