X changed its ranking weights on Nov 5. I read the code, here's what it pays for now I went through the open source file instead of trusting the threads. These are the numbers that moved: -Like: 0.66 to 0.708 - Time spent on a post: 0.006 to 0.0075 per second - Staying 10+ seconds after a tap: 0.4 to 0.385 - Tapping into a post: 0.3 to 0.274 -.Opening a video: 0.02 to 0 - Share: 2 to 2.118 - Not interested: -52.27 to -53.07 The score works by multiplying each weight by how likely X thinks a person is to do that thing, then adding it all up. So a small weight on something that happens a lot can still add up, and so can a big weight on something rare. The biggest numbers didn't move at all. Copying your link is worth 20. A reply, a quote and a DM share are each worth 5, and a follow is worth 4. A like at 0.708 is small next to all of those, which is why I don't buy the takes saying likes are everything now. They got worth a bit more, and they're still one of the smaller signals in the file. Replies between two people who follow each other get an extra boost of 15 on top of the 5. Opening a video is now worth 0, and so is clicking a profile. Whatever X is rewarding on video, it isn't the open anymore. The negatives are heavier than most people think. One "not interested" is -53.07, a block is -31.2, a mute is -58.8 and a report is -234. Per action, a single "not interested" cancels out roughly 75 likes. What I'm changing because of this: - Writing the post someone would send to a friend, because a DM share is 5 and a copied link is 20 - Making people stay, because every second on the post counts and 10+ seconds after a tap earns another 0.385 - Not counting on video opens, so the first seconds have to hold on their own - Staying on topic, because an off-topic post risks the -53 - Replying to people who follow me back I can read the weights but I can't see how X's model predicts the probabilities, and X didn't explain any of the changes. Some threads also mention AI replies getting flagged under big accounts, and I couldn't confirm that in the code, so I left it out. Source: xai-org/x-algorithm, home-mixer/params/param.rs