07/20/2024
Re: posting on X.
Remember that algos there have been and are undergoing MASSIVE changes. but the underlying thing remains: Especially for SMALL accounts:
The main way to grow accounts (in terms of number of Followers) is to post 1 - 4 Original Posts via the profile per day (which will barely get any reach despite X promising it is promoting Small Accounts in Feeds more now), and THE MOST IMPORTANT THING IS TO DO AT LEAST 100 Reply-Guy comments PER DAY.
Now here are the OBSTACLES that X puts in place to prevent you from getting that done.
These should be done mostly on "big" or "middle sized" account that have GOOD Social Credit Scores (good followers / following ratios, no comments on flagged accounts, extreme accounts, s**tposter accounts, no CRYPTO posts, etc). Also, NO Tags or mentions or links (even to other content on X) in original posts. Those can only be done in replies. There are literally hundreds of "banned" or "restricted" topics and if you post about them, you're screwed.
X is just about the most anti social network on Earth and punishes any small account trying to be social in any way.
The folks who post the most horrible stuff that goes viral are people who already have LARGE accounts (ie: 100k followers or more)
The folks who post Bitcoin, Crypto, NFT, Web3 stuff that is relatively popular are people who already have LARGE accounts.
Currently Small Accounts that "go viral" with posts are the ones who post stuff that is "extreme" (good or bad) and has "shock value". Stuff that people feel compelled to share, like, and of course, most importantly, comment on (including getting Community Noted by fact checkers). And of course, posts that get RePosted by LARGE Accounts.
I say this not to discourage anyone from using X to grow. I'm saying this to point out that it's a much bigger job to grow on X now than it ever was before.
Think about it. 100+ Reply-Guy tweets PER DAY. EVERY DAY. NO EXCEPTIONS. And no, that's not a typo. That's 4+ Reply-Guy Comments Per Hour, EVERY HOUR, ON AVERAGE. It can of course vary during different hours of the day, but the total daily HAS TO BE 100+ PER DAY. EVERY DAY.
And yes, that really is THE MINIMUM to see ANY significant growth as a Small Account. It's literally programmed into the algo. People posting less than that GET NO SIGNIFICANT GROWTH.
And of course the account has to have a blue checkmark or it will see no significant growth.
And the old method of reposting the same info a few times in a day or in a week, DOES NOT HELP.
That's truly addictive behavior and X does it ON PURPOSE. They WANT people who want to see any growth on their accounts, to spend ALL DAY and ALL NIGHT posting on X.
No Normal Person Has Time For All That Insanity.
So what else can be done to grow on X? What practical strategies can be used to grow a SMALL account into a LARGE account on X?
Growing accounts on X
The ONLY sane way to do everything required by X in order to grow small accounts, beyond what I wrote in the previous post, is with programmatic solutions like using posting tools that allow for pre-loading posts. And to create TONS of content ahead of time.
But even that is not very useful, as Reply-Guy comments should be specific replies to the post or comment being replied to. If it's just AI generated text it needs to be manually edited to make sure it's relevant.
And of course if you're including media (pics, videos, GIFS) in your replies, then you should make the media relevant to the reply, or somehow make it extremely attention-grabbing and extremely shareable.
Apart from all of that, the "easiest" way to get Growth for Small Accounts on X remains:
* Uploading VIDEOS (up to 500 MB in size) to X in Reply-Guy Comments and in Original Posts,
* doing LIVE STREAMS on X via the account, and
* doing SPACES on X regularly (at least 1 - 2 per week, even 5 times per week if possible but that typically requires multiple people) , hosted by the Account.
In other words, managing growth for an X account is now literally a Full Time Job for at least 1 person who is hyper focused on it 8 - 12 hours per day, every day, if not a team of at least 2 - 5 people that are dedicated to it 24x7 in order to reduce the workload for any 1 person and to maximize the growth potential.
This is why it's key to connect with "influencers" with LARGE Accounts (again, that's an account with at least 100,000 Followers) that you may know or be connected to already, because a RePost from them or an Original Post by them that promotes a project can have HUGE impact (relatively) very quickly. Even some Reply-Guy comments from them can be very helpful. But obviously when it comes to LARGE Accounts, an Original Post or RePost has much bigger reach.
And there you have it. That's the current strategy that is considered the most probable way (given everything we know after having scoured the most recent known code on X and the growth results of many accounts in recent months and years) to help you Grow your account on X in the second half of 2024.
What do you think? I'd love to hear from you directly or in the comments.
