Twitter's Secret Boosting of VIP Users Raises Eyebrows

Twitter has been secretly boosting the visibility of a select group of VIP users, including Elon Musk, Dril, and MrBeast, by tweaking its ranking system to ensure their tweets are always shown. The list of about 35 users was initially created to track the impact of modifications to Twitter's algorithm on popular accounts. However, it was changed after Musk noticed his engagement dropping in December. Twitter engineers have since been forced to act as a customer support team for Musk and his favored users. The revelation comes after Twitter's source code was leaked on GitHub, with the company believing a former employee was responsible.