X wants to re-prioritize your friends and make replies less of a 'battleground'

The social media platform is framing a recent algorithm change as an attempt to make X feel less like a hostile environment. X is rolling out a small but notable change to how it surfaces content from people users follow back, according to a post from the platform's head of product, Nikita Bier. In a message published Monday, Bier said the company identified a gap in how the algorithm weighted ...
2026-07-14 17:47:02