2026-01-15 20:40:40

Twitter officially shuts down the InfoFi program - A strong blow to reward-based posting platforms. According to an announcement from X's product leadership team, applications that allow users to earn rewards from sharing content will no longer be permitted to operate. The main reason is the explosion of low-quality AI-generated content, polluting the platform's ecosystem. This decision directly impacts projects like Kaito, which are applications that build economic models based on reward mechanisms for content creators. This is a clear signal: Web3 platforms need to balance encouraging user participation and controlling content quality.

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BankruptcyArtist

· 4h ago

Damn, it's AI content again causing trouble. How are Kaito and the others supposed to survive now? The dream of Earn to Share has been shattered; I saw this coming a long time ago. Quality and incentives are inherently contradictory; no wonder X stepped in. A bit of a sharp tongue but soft inside... Without a way to make money, how can the ecosystem stay healthy? Another Web3 project being ground into the dirt—that's the reality. Forget it, I haven't made much money anyway. Better to give up early and move on. So, we still need to return to the essence of content—are reward systems just poison? This reminds me of the various incentive models in the crypto world; in the end, they all become harvesters' tools. A bit ruthless, huh? Clearly, users are contributing content.

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HodlKumamon

· 4h ago

Another wave of rug pulls and scams, all the money-making apps are dead haha --- If I had known that things like Kaito wouldn't last, the conflict between quality control and incentive mechanisms was a dead end from the start --- Just looked at the historical data, every time the platform stalls the money-making model, someone always loses everything. How many more will be exploited this time? --- Basically, it's just rampant garbage AI content. The platform changed its mind, and Web3 still has to keep exploring --- This signal is very clear. Don't believe in the content creator economy anymore. Anyone playing this game is bound to fail

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ApyWhisperer

· 4h ago

Oh no, Kaito们 are about to stumble again, all because of those AI-generated content flooding the scene. Elon’s move was really brilliant, directly cutting the reward system... but how to balance it? The incentive mechanism is a one-size-fits-all approach, but who will take care of the garbage in the ecosystem? Is that all? Naan after naan, quality issues are definitely not a valid excuse. Web3 is still just a dream, it’s impossible to play the incentive economy set. Basically, it’s just trying to crush competition openly and shamelessly. Now, those who truly want to make money have even less opportunity.

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MEVSandwich

· 4h ago

Damn, AI spam content has ruined the entire ecosystem. Elon’s move is also helpless. Web3 tries to attract people with rewards, but it’s all bots spamming... Irony. Kaito们 are now embarrassed; the models they painstakingly built are shut down just like that. Quality vs. incentives, the eternal dilemma. Now I understand—where there’s money, there are cheats. What happened to decentralization? In the end, it still has to rely on platform daddy to regulate. It should have been regulated long ago. I’m almost sick of scrolling through Twitter.

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FortuneTeller42

· 4h ago

It's starting to get cleaned up again. It's obvious that only focusing on making money without regard for quality won't last long. What should Kaito do? Does anyone know? Really, there's too much AI spam, and the screens are filled with machine-generated stuff. This move is a bit harsh, but honestly, it was bound to happen sooner or later. Can quality and incentives be balanced? I doubt it. So right now, the only way to make money from posting is... sigh.

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NFTHoarder

· 4h ago

I should have known earlier, the AI spam is too outrageous, the platform has to step in Kaito probably needs to adjust its strategy this time, the reward model has really attracted too many water armies Basically, it's a loophole in the incentive mechanism, which was expected Oh wait, what about the creators? Without rewards, what's the point of playing? It's a common problem in Web3; once opened, it's exploited by scam artists This decision is actually a bit crude, even good projects are affected Feels like we're back to the old path of "Content is King," so how do we differentiate Web3? Forget it, incentives will always have issues; it's better to focus on the content itself

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