X announced on Thursday that it’s launching an experiment that will recognize posts that are liked by people who normally disagree. The experiment leverages the platform’s crowdsourced Community Notes feature, which is currently used when content has been marked as misleading or incorrect.
Starting Thursday, a subset of Community Notes contributors will see callouts to rate and provide feedback about certain posts. The callout will be shown based on the post’s initial Like activity.
X says that this feedback will help develop an open source algorithm that can identify posts liked by people with different perspectives.
Contributors will be asked to share what they like and dislike about the post. They will be able to select options like “I learned something interesting” or “I don’t agree with it” when giving feedback.
“People often feel the world is divided, yet Community Notes shows people can agree, even on contentious topics,” X wrote in a post. “This experimental new feature seeks to uncover ideas, insights, and opinions that bridge perspectives. It can bring awareness to what resonates broadly. It could motivate people to share those ideas in the first place. Ultimately, it could help move the world forward in ways that the people want.”
X launched Community Notes in 2022 following Elon Musk’s takeover of the social network, as it moved away from traditional fact-checking. Since then, the feature has been adopted by Meta’s Facebook, Instagram, and Threads.
