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Re: X executive says creator monetization program may potentially be ended

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Post by lwansbrough »

Not surprising at all this is happening if the intent is to make X less awful. (Which is something Nikita Bier has been trying to do since he was hired.)

Incentivizing content creation does at least two things: it puts virality ahead of everything (quality, correctness, legitimacy) and also creates disproportionately greater value for users in poor or emerging economies. Earning a dollar or two from a post means a lot more to someone from say, India, than it does to someone from the US.

The result has been a huge increase in bots and "legitimate" accounts farming engagement with rage bait and other content that makes X unbearable. Hopefully this helps improve the content, but wow what a massive misplay this whole thing was. Just a terrible, terrible idea from the owner who understands nothing about what made Twitter great.

Re: X executive says creator monetization program may potentially be ended

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Post by digianarchist »

lwansbrough wrote: post #5

Not surprising at all this is happening if the intent is to make X less awful. (Which is something Nikita Bier has been trying to do since he was hired.) Incentivizing content creation does at least two things: it puts virality ahead of everything (quality, correctness, legitimacy) and also creates disproportionately greater value for users in poor or emerging economies. Earning a dollar or two from a post means a lo…

I saw Nikita mention that X will flag account locations in order to be transparent around a poster's origin [0] which is a step in the right direction, though abandoning the creator program altogether more so.

Nikita has had a rough couple of weeks. Targeted with the most vile antisemitism I've seen after attempting to get doxxing campaigns under control. That is hard to do when your boss is overriding every decision you make.

I'm not sure X is salvageable at this point. The internet's town square is starting to look at lot like a 1930s German beer hall.

[0] - https://x.com/nikitabier/status/1978132382868988310

Re: X executive says creator monetization program may potentially be ended

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Post by tamimio »

lwansbrough wrote: post #5

Not surprising at all this is happening if the intent is to make X less awful. (Which is something Nikita Bier has been trying to do since he was hired.) Incentivizing content creation does at least two things: it puts virality ahead of everything (quality, correctness, legitimacy) and also creates disproportionately greater value for users in poor or emerging economies. Earning a dollar or two from a post means a lo…

> The result has been a huge increase in bots and "legitimate" accounts farming engagement with rage bait and other content that makes X unbearable.

https://ottawacitizen.com/news/ottawa-man-ai-bot-maga

I am glad they will turn it off, these grifters can starve and die for all I care.

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