X Algorithm Amplifies Ragebait, Clashing with Users’ Values

The finding reframes engagement as an input that can actively reshape a user's information environment, rather than a neutral signal of interest. That matters for anyone treating X as a distribution channel — projects, media and RWA issuers alike — because reach may correlate with friction, not affinity. The partisan asymmetry is the more puzzling detail: if the loop is stronger for one group, the platform's audience composition and the reach of any given post may skew in ways engagement metrics alone won't reveal. Whether platforms disclose or adjust for this loop is the open question.