Elon Musk Gives Alarming Update on ‘Flaming Dumpster’ at Twitter: ‘Entire Code May Have Be Torn Down, Start from Scratch’

Elon Musk has revealed that Twitter’s coding is a “flaming dumpster” that “may have to be torn down” so engineers can “start from scratch.”

Conservative commentator Dave Rubin noticed his engagement on Twitter was way day lately.

He spoke up about the issue and Musk heard him.

Musk invited Rubin to visit the Twitter headquarters and look under the hood.

This is unheard of in Silicon Valley but Musk has long called for increased transparency in his effort to restore free speech to the platform.

Rubin detailed what he found and got an alarming update on the status of Twitter from the CEO himself.

Musk has a long way to go to fix the issues but appears determined to restore our most sacred right.

Among other things, Rubin learned that former Twitter staff planted “secret” code in the algorithm to “shadowban” conservatives before leaving the company.

Rubin detailed his findings in a lengthy Twitter thread, saying:

“Spent last two days at Twitter in SF talking to engineers, product managers and yes, @elonmusk.

“Learned a ton about what’s going on.

“Before I share, want to note that after couple hour meeting I asked Elon what I could share and he said, ‘anything that’s true.’

“’A Fractal Rube Goldberg Machine.’ That’s what @elonmusk called Twitter,” Rubin revealed.

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“As they fix the code more problems arise.

“A delicate balance he likened to a Jenga tower.

“One wrong move the whole thing collapses.

“They’re working nonstop, and both times I met him were after midnight.

“I met with several engineers who were doing a deep dive on why my account and so many others seem to be absolutely crushed after that two or three-week return to normalcy when Elon first took over.

“They still have more questions than answers, but they did learn a bunch of stuff.

“Accounts aren’t just hit with labels that are obvious to insiders.

“They now found more ‘secret’ labels which are causing shadowbans.

“My account was hit with all three; ‘Recent abuse strike,’ ‘Recent misinformation strike,’ ‘Recent suspension strike.’

“It’s unclear so far what these strikes actually do, but for sure they suppress views and recommendations, they are trying to figure out to what extent.

“I also had many innocuous tweets labeled NSFW or NSFA (not safe for ads) which affect visibility in the timeline.

“Also, there’s an entire KeyWord database so that machine learning makes sure not to promote violence, porn etc., but it’s a mess of overreaching words.

“Literally the word ‘gay’ was on the KeyWord list which would make you not advertiser friendly and harm the tweet in the algo.

“Backing up for a sec, they found the ‘recent suspension strike’ on my account most interesting because it was from July 2022, when I was suspended for calling out @jordanbpeterson’s unjust suspension.

“So although the suspension was reversed, the action on the account remained.

“Elon was bringing people in and out constantly and seems to be aware of pretty much every issue.

“He thinks maybe the entire code has to be torn down and start from scratch.

“At the end last night, he said that the whole situation is ‘a flaming dumpster rolling down the street.’

“So I assure you they are aware of the problems and Elon and engineers are there all night trying to untie this crazy knot.

“Some changes they’ve made, like the ‘For You’ tab, have confused people and hurt engagement for accounts who have gotten the NSFA label without knowing.

“They also don’t know for sure why things got so much better once Elon made the acquisition and why it seems far worse now.

“Some is probably related to excitement around Elon himself, which also coincided with World Cup, but that doesn’t explain why it feels so off right now.

“Will share more in bit but have to catch a flight.

“On a personal note Elon is funny as hell, laughs a ton and it’s just really obvious he cares about Twitter because he cares about free speech and the bigger problems facing the world.

“He doesn’t need this headache, he chose it.

“Also huge shout out to @davidsacks who is helping Elon clean up this mess because he believes in the fight for free speech as much as Elon does.

“And massive thanks to the engineers who opened up their computers, showed me literally everything I asked for and were total pros.

“Oh, one either thing for now…Elon really lit up when we talked about the shifting political landscape and how anyone non-woke is now ‘far right.’

“That notion is deeply connected to how screwy things got at Twitter and he’s working to fix it despite the huge challenges ahead.

“What’s also really crazy now having seen under the hood is that Jack Dorsey repeatedly said they don’t shadowban.

“The entire machine behind Twitter is designed to shadowban.

“It’s almost as if that was the primary goal rather than the product itself.

Musk confirmed Rubin’s commentary, saying simply:

“Accurate thread.”

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By David Hawkins

David Hawkins is a writer who specializes in political commentary and world affairs. He's been writing professionally since 2014.

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