Imagine depositing on @metawin to get a piece of the $metawin airdrop this month
Then 5 minutes later you hit for $900k
Crazy work
if you’ve stopped replying just because it doesn’t directly correlate to your monetization anymore…
you’re thinking backwards.
social growth is about connections & being noticed by those you want to attract.
The algorithm changes help with this more than ever right now, by interacting with tweets in your niche you’ll be noticed by more people in your niche and therefore when you are pushed to the ‘For You’ it will be Increasing your network for the better.
there is no better way to do that than replies.
- Reply fast -> X is a news platform
- Reply with something that adds value not just AI slop
while everyone else has slowed down i’ve doubled down 😎
X just announced that they open-sourced their algorithm today.
This means we can finally see how the For You feed really works.
I read through EVERYTHING so you don't have to & it just became MUCH easier to go viral.
Here’s everything you need to know ↓↓↓
The biggest change -> The X algorithm is now fully AI-driven.
X removed most manual rules and “engagement hacks”.
Instead, X has developed a Grok-powered transformer model which now decides what gets shown and who to show it too. (see framework below) ↓↓↓
Your feed is now built from TWO sources.
→ In-network (Thunder) = people you follow.
→ Out-of-network (Phoenix) = global discovery aka discover / for you page on every other app
This second pool (Phoenix) is where virality happens. If your post performs well early, Phoenix pushes it to strangers at scale. That’s the real viral engine.
X also now predicts almost every possible user action.
It models likes, replies, reposts, clicks, profile visits, video views, dwell time, follows & even negative signals like blocks and mutes.
Each action is weighted, Positive engagement boosts reach.
Negative reactions suppress it.
Although we don't know the exact scoring behind these actions, we can gauge a good idea from the past algorithms that the more time spent on your post + positive actions as mentioned above = more virality.
I say this because it's the same algorithm used in every social media app, if you make users spend more time on the app, your content will be recommended, because you're keeping said user on the desired app.
This is the same reason adding an external link in your tweet deboosts you, you're taking a user off the app they want to keep you on.
In short, with the new changes, your content is literally scored in real time using AI.
Attention time now matters more than ever.
If people stop scrolling and actually read your post, the system interprets it as high quality and shows it to more users.
That’s why threads, storytelling, curiosity hooks, and articles posts are dominating the platform atm.
Another big shift: the algo no longer relies on rigid content categories.
Instead of tagging topics, it matches content to people. For CT if you're engaging with CT that's what you'll see
It looks at your behavior, similar users’ interests, and how viewers react to each post in real time.
Creator diversity is now built into the system too.
X actively reduces showing the same creator repeatedly, meaning smaller accounts get forced exposure rotation.
If your post performs well, it WILL be tested. Even with zero followers.
Follower count advantage just dropped massively.
But there’s a downside.
Negative engagement now kills reach fast.
“Not interested”, blocks, mutes and reports carry penalties. (im sure they did before but we can see it does now)
Rage bait and low-effort spam get buried.
Clean value beats cheap engagement every time.
So what actually works now?
If you want reach in 2026:
-> Write strong curiosity hooks.
-> Create content that makes people pause.
-> Optimize for replies and saves.
-> Use short readable paragraphs.
-> Avoid spammy engagement bait.
-> Post content people want to finish reading.
The algorithm now rewards completion behavior, this update is huge for creators.
It’s the most fair version of the X algorithm so far imo.
It rewards good writing, interesting ideas, real engagement and human reactions.
if you read through all of this please click all the buttons like i told you <3 it'll help the algorithm apparently
so basically @nikitabier saw InfoFi was taking over the Timeline because of the rewards pools.
Doesn’t allow others to use their API & then X just do it themselves with a $1M Prize Pool for articles
gg, checkmate
