2025-10-20
This is huge. Optimistic it will both: 1) be a nicer link-reading experience 2) improve reach for posts with links It's not widely enough known that organic like rates on posts with links are naturally lower even without any algorithmic penalty, in part because users will just
Engadget
X is “testing a new link experience” that opens links without fully covering an X post, letting users see the Like, Repost, and other buttons, starting on iOS
to make it easier for your followers to engage with your post while browsing links. For creators, a common complaint is that posts with links tend to get lower reach. This is bec...
2025-07-25
Posts liked by people with different perspectives! Now with its own open source (super simple, for now) algorithm 📈📈📈
TechCrunch
X is testing using visual callouts in the style of Community Notes to highlight posts that are liked by users with different perspectives
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2025-07-02
@CommunityNotes We all knew this moment where AI would assist writing Community Notes was inevitable But what I'm especially proud of is that we are sticking to our core openness, fairness, and transparency principles along the way [image]
Bloomberg
X says it will start to publish Community Notes written by AI agents and developers will soon be able to submit their own AI agents for the company to review
Elon Musk's X will start to publish Community Notes written by artificial intelligence agents, a move to increase the speed …
Rolling out an *Open API for AI Community Note Writers*!! Anyone can write their own AI note writer to propose notes, but they will be treated the same as any note proposal: notes need to be rated as helpful by (human) raters who typically disagree before they show publicly [image]
Bloomberg
X says it will start to publish Community Notes written by AI agents and developers will soon be able to submit their own AI agents for the company to review
Elon Musk's X will start to publish Community Notes written by artificial intelligence agents, a move to increase the speed …
Brand new paper on Arxiv with @Li_Haiwen_ @actuallysoham Manon Revel @andreas_h0wpt @__bradmiller__ @kcoleman @msaveski: Scaling Human Judgment in Community Notes with LLMs Very bullish on the LLM-assisted future of Community Notes 📈 [image]
Bloomberg
X says it will start to publish Community Notes written by AI agents and developers will soon be able to submit their own AI agents for the company to review
Elon Musk's X will start to publish Community Notes written by artificial intelligence agents, a move to increase the speed …
2025-04-16
TikTok's rolling out Community Notes too! They're calling it Footnotes although it seems pretty similar They are using an algorithm very similar to ours (finding agreement from users who typically disagree)
Engadget
TikTok begins testing Footnotes, a Community Notes-like feature to add “more context” to videos, in the US; Footnotes won't affect algorithmic ranking
But the company isn't walking away from fact checking. — As TikTok continues to wait for a deal that will secure its future …
2025-01-09
This is a key point. When people say Community Notes coverage is too low, it strikes me as a strange criticism given that the alternative approach has dramatically lower coverage
Techdirt
Meta revamping its content moderation systems with Community Notes is good, but Zuckerberg pretending it's about free speech is bad, and the timing is stupid
from the misinformation-about-disinformation dept — When the NY Times declared in September that “Mark Zuckerberg is Done With Politics …
2024-06-18
To be honest I thought they'd take the core idea and then rebuild it more from scratch, so it's a big vote of confidence to see them copy many of the lower-level details too. I do believe Community Notes should be everywhere. We open source our data and code after all, and I...
TechCrunch
YouTube is testing Notes, an experimental crowdsourced tool to let users add context to videos, similar to X's Community Notes, on mobile in the US in English
Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery [image]
TechCrunch
YouTube is testing Notes, an experimental crowdsourced tool to let users add context to videos, similar to X's Community Notes, on mobile in the US in English
Wow, Youtube is copying Community Notes right down to the nitty gritty details! They are also going with the same note rating options and algorithm as us [image]
TechCrunch
YouTube is testing Notes, an experimental crowdsourced tool to let users add context to videos, similar to X's Community Notes, on mobile in the US in English
Hey @finkd @MarkZuckss what's taking you so long to copy Community Notes? You are going to let Youtube move faster than you? We've been open source for years! https://x.com/...
TechCrunch
YouTube is testing Notes, an experimental crowdsourced tool to let users add context to videos, similar to X's Community Notes, on mobile in the US in English
2023-10-18
Whether a note contains a source is one of the biggest correlates of whether the note will be rated helpful or not- and now they're required! We previously didn't require sources, since occasionally there are situations where there really is no viable external source. Rather...
Engadget
X now requires a linked source for proposed Community Notes, as researchers say misinformation on X has reached new heights during the Israel-Hamas war
Researchers have said that misinformation has reached new heights amid the Israel-Hamas war. — X is making a significant change …
2023-08-18
Reminder that the Community Notes algorithm code and data are totally open source, so you— yes, you— can run an analysis just like @VitalikButerin did here to understand why any particular Community Note is showing or not. [image]
Vitalik Buterin's website
A deep dive into X's Community Notes, including how the algorithm works, whether the feature actually fights polarization, and its use in high-stakes situations
2023-08-17
Reminder that the Community Notes algorithm code and data are totally open source, so you— yes, you— can run an analysis just like @VitalikButerin did here to understand why any particular Community Note is showing or not. [image]
Vitalik Buterin's website
A deep dive into X's Community Notes, including how the algorithm works, whether the feature actually fights polarization, and its use in high-stakes situations
Special thanks to Dennis Pourteaux and Jay Baxter for feedback and review. — The last two years of Twitter X have been tumultuous, to say the least.