Sandi

New X algorithm update last night, the biggest one yet at over 200 files, and I went through every changed file. Here it is in plain English. Nothing changed in how your posts get scored. Replies and quotes still count the most, reposts help a lot, and likes still help too. Below the scoring, a lot changed in how X handles warnings, replies, notifications, and automated moderation: First, X added a new warning screen in home feeds. If a post gets pulled or flagged by X with an internal misinformation or "low quality" label, it can show up behind a cover notice, and the like, reply, repost, and share buttons can be locked. Think of a museum putting a velvet rope in front of a display: you can still walk up and read it, but you can't touch it or pass it around. Second, X built the rule for a new "only my followers can reply" setting. Right now you can let everyone reply, only verified accounts, or only people you follow. This adds a middle ground: anyone who follows you can jump in, while strangers scrolling by have their reply button turned off. It's like letting the whole neighborhood onto your porch while keeping the gate latched for people who don't live on your street. The rule is in the code now, though it is NOT LIVE YET as a button in the app until X turns the menu option on. Third, notifications are getting a big cleanup. X wired up a filter that blocks follow alerts and notifications from known spam bots, impersonators, hacked accounts, and engagement farmers before they ever ping your phone. It's like a better spam filter on your email inbox, so you see real people talking to you instead of junk. Fourth, X put a safety brake on its own automated moderation. They added new rules to catch spam bots and impersonation scams, and shortened the "AI slop" penalty from 30 days to 7 days. Even better, every automated rule now has an hourly and daily speed limit, and if too many normal users appeal and win, the system automatically shuts that rule off. Think of a circuit breaker in your house that trips the moment a wire starts acting up, instead of letting it burn through good accounts by mistake. Finally, X built a feature that uses your last 16 searches on X (turned into anonymous number patterns, with your actual words stripped out) to help pick what shows up in your For You feed. Search for classic trucks or barbecue smokers, and your home feed would start bringing you more of them. That switch is NOT LIVE YET. Same game. Post good stuff, start conversations, and reply to each other, like the posts you like. #XAlgorithm