- Users and influencers blamed a recent recommendation algorithm change at X for a surge of crypto-related spam over the weekend.
- Automated accounts caused crypto posts to spike from hundreds of thousands per day to more than 13 million on Friday before falling back within hours.
- Elon Musk vowed to open-source the platform’s recommendation algorithm “to help you understand what changed.”
- Photoshopped posts falsely attributed to Nikita Bier circulated, claiming the algo would limit crypto reach.
- CryptoQuant founder Ki Young Ju said the problem stems from poor bot detection and a failed paid verification system.
Over the weekend, users blamed an algorithm change at X for a disruptive flood of crypto-related posts on Crypto Twitter (CT), prompting influencers to raise complaints directly in a thread with X Head of Product Nikita Bier and elsewhere. Many observers said the surge followed the platform adjustment and a suspected bot takeover that targeted CT; posts briefly went haywire.
Platform data cited by users showed crypto tweets at a few hundred thousand per day for most of the week, then jumping to over 13 million on Friday before returning to prior levels within hours. In response, Elon Musk promised to open-source the recommendation algorithm next week “to help you understand what changed,” linking the pledge to the controversy (promise).
Photoshopped posts falsely attributed to Nikita Bier quickly circulated, offering a fabricated explanation that the platform is “heavily focused on removing bubbles such as ‘CT’ from our app” and that the algorithm would be “70% less likely to push posts identified as crypto related to larger audiences.” Those mock-ups spread on the network amid real complaints.
Other claims said the new algorithm limited daily reach for crypto accounts (allegation, claimed), and some users blamed the AI crypto search engine Kaito for stealing impressions (claiming).
According to CryptoQuant founder Ki Young Ju, while Kaito “shares some blame,” the larger issue is that the platform “failed to distinguish bots from humans.” He wrote that “The verified paywall failed, and bots now pay to spam,” and added, “It is absurd that X would rather ban crypto than improve its bot detection” (according to Ki Young Ju). Here, “verified paywall” refers to a paid verification system and “bots” means automated accounts.
The source article included a visual overview of the crypto post spike (graph) and linked publisher channels for reference (Protos on X, Google News, YouTube).
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