Andy Murray moans about Elon Musk's 'interesting algorithm' and tennis fans offer solution

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Stuart Ballard

By Stuart Ballard


Published: 09/01/2025

- 09:45

Andy Murray is in Melbourne as part of Novak Djokovic's coaching team for the Australian Open.

Andy Murray is fed up of seeing so much of Elon Musk's content on X - but tennis fans feel there is an easy solution.

The world's richest man completed his purchase of Twitter back in 2022 and has drastically changed the platform in the past two years.


The biggest change came with renaming it to 'X' while there has also been some controversial decisions along the way.

A new 'for you' feed was also created, which automatically pops up when the app is opened and displays an algorithmically curated feed.

Andy Murray is tired of seeing so much Elon Musk on social media

Andy Murray is tired of seeing so much Elon Musk on social media

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Musk himself has been a prominent poster on the app and has moved into the world of politics over the past 12 months.

He was a huge supporter of Donald Trump in the 2024 US Presidential election and the billionaire has not been shy in unleashing a torrent of abuse aimed at a number of political figures in Europe recently.

Former British tennis superstar Murray can't seem to escape Musk's social media onslaught and took aim at the tech mogul.

"The top 17 posts on my Twitter feed are from Elon Musk interesting algorithm he’s created," Murray wrote on X.

Murray wasn't alone in growing tired of seeing Musk's constant barrage of posts pop up on their feeds.

But some of Murray's followers felt compelled to remind the two-time Wimbledon champion there was a way to stop it all.

One user replied: "Yeah muted him long time ago."

Another wrote: "Blocked him a while ago. My timeline got slightly better since."

Elon Musk

Elon Musk bought Twitter in 2022

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A third posted: "Mate, just block him."

One other person said: "I blocked the account and - at least for now - I'm not seeing his posts."

Another simply noted: "Block him."

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Musk made a controversial change to X's block function last year by allowing accounts to continue viewing posts from users who blocked them.

While blocking a user will stop that person from engaging with the blocker's post, it will not stop their ability to view what they've written.

X stated the change was made to allow for 'greater transparency' as they claim some users block others to 'share and hide harmful or private information about those they’ve blocked'.

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