[distrill]

the-algorithm is such a pretentious name for a repo

[BbzzbB]

It's a colloquial term for recommendation engines, how often do you hear people say "the algorithm" (vs. "the recommendation engine") on YouTube?

[distrill]

yes, but this is the first repository i have seen named like this

[krapp]

It's because there's been nearly a decade of conspiracy theory around the use of algorithmic feeds in social media generally, and Twitter specifically. Among the right, "algorithms" have become symbolic of the machinery of leftist oppression they believe to be arrayed against them by modern media.

So this language is Elon signaling that he's presenting the "woke hivemind's" head on a platter.

[sho_hn]

Eh, it's name-spaced.