# X Algorithm Explained

> Interactive guide to the open-source X (Twitter) For You algorithm: candidate retrieval, Phoenix scoring, ranking weights, diversity, and cold start.

This is an independent educational explainer based on a pinned public source snapshot. It does not describe private production parameters or promise reach.

## Pages

- [English interactive explainer](https://lemelson.github.io/x-algorithm-explained/): canonical English edition.
- [Русская версия](https://lemelson.github.io/x-algorithm-explained/ru/): full Russian edition.
- [Markdown overview](https://lemelson.github.io/x-algorithm-explained/index.md): compact, non-interactive project summary.
- [Expanded machine-readable summary](https://lemelson.github.io/x-algorithm-explained/llms-full.txt): scope, pipeline, evidence, and reuse boundary.

## Source

- [Project repository](https://github.com/Lemelson/x-algorithm-explained): site source, tests, license, and deployment workflow.
- [Pinned upstream snapshot](https://github.com/xai-org/x-algorithm/tree/a389166f6cf5da70a286b568c87695d4dcdce3a1): exact public algorithm revision used by the explainer.
- [Upstream repository](https://github.com/xai-org/x-algorithm): current public X recommendation-system source.

## Optional

- [Sitemap](https://lemelson.github.io/x-algorithm-explained/sitemap.xml): English and Russian canonical URLs.