X open sources its ranking algorithm, letting users see if they’ve been ‘shadowbanned’

“Our dream is that anyone in the public can be able to assess how posts are distributed on the platform, vet that it’s a level playing field, and, if they think it’s not, critique it so we can keep improving it and addressing it,” Coleman said.

“That’s the whole goal of this: can be audited; it can be critiqued. We’re going to listen, and we want to make the system one that people like and trust, and feel is fair,” he said.

Though X may be pushing itself to be more transparent around its code and other features, like its crowdsourced fact-checking system, Community Notes, it has arguably become less transparent overall under Musk, after becoming a private company again. No longer required to report to the SEC, X isn’t as forthcoming in other areas, like its user metrics, growth, revenue, or government takedown requests, which are now less frequently reported.