2026-01-15 20:42:43

X Platform has recently made an important adjustment—revoking API access for applications that encourage users to post through rewards. The official reason given is that such incentive mechanisms lead to a flood of AI-generated content, coupled with endless spam replies, severely damaging the user experience. This policy adjustment immediately triggered a chain reaction in the market. Kaito's token price dropped by about 20%, and the Yapper product, which primarily rewarded users for posting, was directly announced to cease operation. It seems that the platform is determined to clean up this chaos, but the impact on the application ecosystem built on incentive mechanisms is indeed significant.

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QuorumVoter

· 3h ago

Haha, Kaito was directly cut off this time, Yapper has also shut down... indicating that X is really serious this time --- It's another move to cut the ecosystem "for user experience," but the amount of spam is indeed outrageous --- It's been obvious for a long time that the incentive mechanism ultimately boils down to AI farms. Instead of fixing it, they might as well cut it --- The ecosystem is half collapsed, but is it even more pure this way? Or does X just want this kind of indifference --- How helpless must the people at Yapper feel... investing so much effort and then being cut off with a single stroke --- The platform says it's about regulation, but actually they just don't want to share the cake anymore. Cutting off all links is the most direct way --- Looking forward to this wave, trash gets pushed out, only truly valuable applications can survive

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Blockchainiac

· 3h ago

Haha, now it's all good, the nightmare of the incentive model has arrived. Those projects that relied on fake transactions to survive definitely need to be cleaned up. It's true that Kaito dropped 20%, and it serves them right. Who can stand the flood of trash content everywhere? Honestly, it's still those project teams being too greedy. They had a good system and turned it into a garbage dump. X's recent move was ruthless, but the ecosystem indeed needs to eliminate a batch of people to survive. Yapper being directly shut down? Oh, now that's what you call a real black swan event. The incentive system isn't a bad thing; the problem is everyone is using fake accounts to inflate numbers. It should have been cut long ago. I believe the truly valuable applications are the real winners, and those just exploiting the system should step aside.

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StableBoi

· 3h ago

I wish I had known earlier that the incentive model was unplayable. Why are these projects still flocking in? Serves them right. This is a classic case of "killing the goose that lays the golden eggs." Who cares about the long-term when you're harvesting in the short term? Yapper is directly gg, Kaito drops 20%, it seems X really doesn't want this set of rules anymore. Really? Starting cleanup again? Feels like it happens every few months. It's right for the platform to clean up spam content, but such rough measures do hurt developers. I'm annoyed by the rampant spam content too, but how can projects survive with such a blunt approach? Forget it, forget it. Web3 projects are basically a gamble, risk is on the players.

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