Kinda strange with my account. It's had a huge increase over the last 2-3 weeks in terms impressions - over 2 million some days.
A few weeks ago, it was around 500,000, if that.
The one thing I noticed? Verified Accounts seemingly auto-reply to my tweets - sometimes 2 different accounts reply with the exact same thing!
The result? It seems to be a catalyst to get my tweets shown to more followers, so the snowball effect is created.
As you say - the likes don't appear to matter as much. Retweets and Replies seem to matter the most.
The question is, will Twitter ban these verified accounts, or will Musk leave them as they are paying a monthly fee to him?
That 500k to 2M jump is insane! It’s wild to see the "snowball effect" in real-time. Those verified bot replies are such a double-edged sword. They're definitely gaming the system by tricking the algorithm into thinking there's a massive conversation happening, which just forces your tweet into more "For You" feeds.
As for Musk banning them... it’s the million-dollar question. Since they’re essentially paying customers and driving the "impressions" numbers up across the board, it’s hard to see him nuking them entirely anytime soon. It’s a "don't look a gift horse in the mouth" situation for now, but I'd definitely keep an eye on the actual quality of that reach.
Have you noticed any "shadow" effects from this? Like, your profile visits or link clicks staying flat despite the massive impression spike? Curious if the algorithm is rewarding the reach but secretly throttling the actual conversion.
Sorry for the translation issue.
The problem I've noticed a change in the last week for a large number of my X accounts is the comments.
For weak X accounts, unintentional spam comments are making accounts more prone to suspension than before, even though it wasn't a problem previously. It seems X has changed its algorithm regarding the weight of comments and lightened the interaction value of Likes.
No worries at all, your point comes through perfectly. That is a really interesting observation about the weak accounts. It makes sense that if an account doesn't have much authority, X is going to be way more aggressive with the spam filters.
It definitely feels like they've flipped a switch. Before, you could get away with a lot more, but now that they've lowered the weight of Likes, those low-quality comments stick out like a sore thumb to the automated moderation. It's almost like if you aren't adding actual value to the conversation, the algorithm views the interaction as a risk rather than a plus now. Definitely a warning to keep things looking human and organic!
Are you finding that even basic "thank you" or emoji comments are getting flagged, or is it mostly just when there are links involved?
