"The Secret Twitter VIP List: Boosting Views and Causing Controversy"

Twitter has a secret VIP list of a few dozen accounts, including Elon Musk, that it monitors and offers increased visibility in its recommendation algorithm. The list was originally created to monitor the engagement received by Twitter power users. It's not clear if the recent change to make only paid subscribers eligible for the algorithmic "For You" feed would affect the VIP list. The list also includes other prominent Twitter users like President Joe Biden, YouTuber Mr Beast, and conservative personality Ben Shapiro. Musk has previously tweaked Twitter's algorithm to boost his own tweets.