X Recommendation Algorithm Source Code Released on GitHub
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Summary
This article presents the source code for X's (formerly Twitter) recommendation algorithm, which powers content feeds across various product surfaces including the For You Timeline, Search, Explore, and Notifications. The repository contains shared components for data handling, models, and software frameworks that form the backbone of X's recommendation system. It serves as a technical reference for developers interested in understanding the architecture behind X's content recommendation engine.
Key quotes
· 4 pulledX's Recommendation Algorithm is a set of services and jobs that are responsible for serving feeds of posts and other content across all X product surfaces
Product surfaces at X are built on a shared set of data, models, and software frameworks
Core service that handles the reading and writing of data
For an introduction to how the algorithm works, please refer to our engineering blog
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