X's Latest Transparency Test: A Glimpse Behind the Curtain? X's latest move to open source more of its ranking algorithm has sparked a mix of reactions.
The company is testing a tool that allows users to see if their posts have been "shadowbanned," a significant step towards transparency, but one that also raises questions about complexity and potential pitfalls.
The new feature provides aggregate statistics on "visibility impacting labels" affecting users' accounts and posts. However, downloading data via the "under the hood" page yields a .