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The political effects of X's feed algorithm https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-026-10098-2 Received: 16 December 2024 Accepted: 4 January 2026 Published online: 18 February 2026 Open access • Check for updates Germain Gauthier,5, Roland Hodler?5, Philine Widmer35 & Ekaterina Zhuravskaya3,4,5 m Feed algorithms are widely suspected to influence political attitudes. However, previous evidence from switching off the algorithm on Meta platforms found no political effects'. Here we present results from a 2023 field experiment on Elon Musk's platform X shedding light on this puzzle. We assigned active US-based users randomly to either an algorithmic or a chronological feed for 7 weeks, measuring political attitudes and online behaviour. Switching from a chronological to an algorithmic feed increased engagement and shifted political opinion towards more conservative positions, particularly regarding policy priorities, perceptions of criminal investigations into Donald Trump and views on the war in Ukraine. In contrast, switching from the algorithmic to the chronological feed had no comparable effects. Neither switching the algorithm on nor switching it off significantly affected affective polarization or self-reported partisanship. To investigate the mechanism, we analysed users' feed content and behaviour. We found that the algorithm promotes conservative content and demotes posts by traditional media. Exposure to algorithmic content leads users to follow conservative political activist accounts, which they continue to follow even after switching off the algorithm, helping explain the asymmetry in effects. These results suggest that initial exposure to X's algorithm has persistent effects on users' current political attitudes and account-following behaviour, even in the absence of a detectable effect on partisanship.

A new paper shows that less than 2 months of exposure to Twitter’s algorithmic feed significantly shifts people’s political views to the right.

Moving from chronological feed to the algorithmic feed also increases engagement.

This is one of the most concerning papers I’ve read in awhile.

Prince Andrew's Arrest Across the pond in Britain, justice and accountability is a serious matter

Never in a million years did I ever fathom when I resurrected the Epstein story in 2018 that it would lead to first arrest of a British Royal in four centuries. Not since King Charles I was arrested in 1647.
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from the family of Virginia Giuffre: “At last. Today, our broken hearts have been lifted at the news that no one is above the law, not even royalty.... He was never a prince. For survivors everywhere, Virginia did this for you.”

a man wearing a chicago bulls shirt says let 's be real here for a second .. Alt: a man wearing a chicago bulls shirt says let 's be real here for a second ..

Estadunidense é bicho burro mesmo. Agora tão falando que a Ghislaine foi substituída na prisão

Sticker on metal street box.

Capitalism is a Murder System, Police are its Death Squads

In Vancouver.

#ACAB #anticapitalism

photo of a costco croissant with a small protrusion of dough that resembles a flipper, giving the pastry a porpoise-like appearance. fret not, however! this is most definitely a croissant and not an endangered species, and so its only "porpoise" is to be buttery and delicious

unidentified marine organism tragically entombed in a costco croissant

Já falei aqui do pai de um amigo meu da época de escola que o apelido dele na quebrada era Excalibur devido a dificuldade que a familia teve de tirar ele da pedra. Mas deu certo, se livrou do vício.

pictish carved stone where a dog like creature has its mouth open with a guy's face close inside it

meme image in a nightclub where a guy is yelling in the ear of a woman who looks unimpressed

all of this has happened before

Tudo nossooo

Imagem 1 (o totem/placa na rua): Uma foto em pé, com fundo bem desfocado de um bloco/carnaval na rua (muita gente ao fundo, luz de fim de tarde). No centro, há um totem de propaganda com um cartaz de fundo preto e letras gigantes em três cores. O texto principal diz “FANTASIA NÃO É CONVITE” — “FANTASIA” em branco, “NÃO É” em amarelo, e “CONVITE” em verde. Abaixo, em letras menores, aparece a frase: “No Carnaval ou em qualquer dia do ano, respeito não é opção. É regra.” No rodapé, uma faixa branca com a assinatura: “PACTO NACIONAL BRASIL CONTRA O FEMINICÍDIO”.

Imagem 2 (trio elétrico/caminhão de som): Uma imagem ampla de uma rua histórica lotada, com prédios antigos dos dois lados e uma multidão enorme acompanhando um trio elétrico/caminhão de som. Na traseira do veículo, um painel gigante exibe a mensagem “SORRISO NÃO É AUTORIZAÇÃO” em letras grandes e coloridas: “SORRISO” em azul, “NÃO É” em rosa, e “AUTORIZAÇÃO” em azul. Abaixo, em texto menor, está: “Quem ignora um limite, escolhe a violência.” No rodapé, novamente a faixa com “PACTO NACIONAL BRASIL CONTRA O FEMINICÍDIO”. O caminhão tem estrutura metálica, caixas de som e luzes, reforçando o clima de evento/carnaval.

Carnaval é tempo de alegria, de ocupar as ruas com música, fantasia, liberdade, e também de colocar o bloco do respeito na rua. Esse tema é essencial em todos os momentos, inclusive na descontração e na folia. (+)

Cena noturna em uma rua iluminada, com pessoas e barracas ao fundo, sugerindo ambiente urbano movimentado. Em primeiro plano, um jovem atleta de cabelos longos e ondulados veste uma camisa branca do São Paulo FC com patrocínio visível. Ele segura o escudo do clube junto à boca, em gesto emocional de orgulho ou concentração. O enquadramento é cinematográfico, com luzes desfocadas criando profundidade. Na parte inferior da imagem, um letreiro de telejornal informa: “Brasil busca medalha inédita na Itália”, destacando os atletas Lucas Pinheiro, no esqui alpino, e Nicole Silveira, no skeleton. O logotipo da emissora aparece no canto direito, reforçando o contexto jornalístico esportivo.

O primeiro brasileiro campeão olímpico de inverno é tricolor 😅⚫️⚪️🔴

QUEM NAO TA ASSIM TA MALUCO É OURO PRO BRASIL É LUCAS PINHEIRO INÉDITOOOO 🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷🥇🥇🥇🥇🥇🥇🥇

"Colonial Actions have Indigenous Consequences"
Poster in Sydney memorializing the death of British Navy officer, Captain James Cook at the hands of Hawaiian warriors on 14 February 1779.

A bit of sexy Che on Valentine's Day.

"At the risk of seeming ridiculous, let me say that the true revolutionary is guided by a great feeling of love. It is impossible to think of a genuine revolutionary lacking this quality."

Ernesto "Che" Guevara

bom dia, bora beber

Cry Me a River

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eu amo

Não vi o vídeo da "princesinha"

Me emocionei com o vídeo dos BRASILEIROS NORMAIS

Bom dia? 🔪🔪🔪🔪🔪🦨

Pensando no Polanski e em como ricos pedófilos nunca são punidos por absolutamente nada. Do mesmo jeito que o caso Epstein vai dar em bosta nenhuma

every epstein file drop underscores how elite power operates through shared socio-economic networks, regardless of people's ideological differences, populist posturing, or public feuds

A futuristic scene that includes two people in jumpsuits flying with jetpacks, a pedestrian walkway encased in a tube, lots of domes over buildings, a big boat in an ocean, airplanes and a flying saucer, and a huge bridge connecting the city to more domes in the distance.

Fred Freeman, ‘Life in 1999,’ 1966

YouTube video by 60 Minutes Australia Stories behind the rich and powerful named in the Jeffrey Epstein court files | 60 Minutes Australia

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Motorista colocou Rubel. Quer me foder me beija na boca né

é oq?

Drawing of a puppy with the caption; "Puppy want a treat? puppy want a break from it all"

Puppy want a break

pode vir meteoro

exausta