Many people are talking about a new Twitter hack that has become popular recently. The hack suggests that you can increase the visibility of your account by turning your account private. One Ian Miles Cheong first discovered this quirk of Twitter and tweeted about it.
He says that switching to a private Twitter account helped him gain 20 followers and significantly increased the reach of his account. Unsurprisingly, Elon Musk became curious about this Twitter hack and decided to test it himself.
To try this weird Twitter quirk, Musk switched to a private account for a few hours. But many people on Twitter started making fun of Musk for his little experiment. Many think that Musk doesn’t have any ideas about what he is talking about.
Elon Musk Test a Viral Hack on Twitter
Elon Musk announced on Twitter that he would be making his account private for a while to check if the viral Twitter hack has any traction. Many Twitter users think that a person can significantly increase their online visibility by switching to a private account.
When the viral hack reached the ears Musk, he decided to give it a test and check for himself if the viral hack has any validity. His main is to determine what is wrong with the Twitter platform. Musk is also curious about knowing whether editing your account’s privacy settings influences your visibility on the platform.
Why Twitter Users Are Mocking Musk?
When Twitter users found out about Musk’s decision to test the viral hack by going private, they mocked and made fun of him. One Twitter user described Musk’s decision as a “middle school experiment” and dubbed it hilarious.
The user said that the decision is hilarious because he earlier fired Twitter engineers. They were the same people who could have helped him understand the issue on Twitter and helped fix it.
Twitter’s Algorithm
Even before Musk acquired Twitter, many people suspected that the Twitter algorithms have problems. One of the critics of Twitter’s algorithms was none other than Musk himself. He accused the platform of having unfair rules and claimed that he would fix it after purchasing Twitter.
Musk did not stop complaining about Twitter’s algorithm even after purchasing it and promised users that he will fix it soon. In his attempt to make the Twitter algorithm fair, he fired Rumman Chowdhury. Chowdhury served as the ML Ethics, Transparency, and Accountability Director at Twitter.
The emergence of the recent viral hack on Twitter means there are still problems with the Twitter algorithm. More importantly, it means that there is a problem with the Twitter algorithm and the person in the leadership position has no idea how to fix it.
So, Musk needs to develop some intellectual humility and respect the opinions of Twitter engineers. This is crucial as the engineers at Twitter are in a much better position to analyze problems in the Twitter algorithms and resolve them.
