Major policy shift incoming. X's head of product just announced that the platform will be cracking down on apps that incentivize posting through rewards—the so-called "InfoFi" category. The reasoning? A spike in AI-generated spam and increasingly low-quality conversations drowning out genuine engagement. The move is already being enforced: API access for these reward-based apps has been revoked. This creates waves across the Web3 ecosystem, particularly for emerging social platforms and token-incentivized applications that relied on X's infrastructure. The clampdown signals growing friction between traditional social platforms and crypto-native engagement models, forcing builders to rethink how they design incentive mechanisms for community participation.

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LiquidationAlertvip
· 12h ago
ngl X directly killed the Half-Life project in this step, that was ruthless.
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SignatureCollectorvip
· 12h ago
NGL, Web3 social is about to be reshuffled, and X's move was quite ruthless.
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OnchainArchaeologistvip
· 12h ago
X, this is a complete break with Web3. The reward model has been banned, and now those incentive applications in the crypto circle have to rethink their way to survive...
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Frontrunnervip
· 12h ago
NGL, the Web3 social ecosystem is about to be reshuffled. This move by X is pretty ruthless.
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LiquidatedTwicevip
· 12h ago
Uh X, are you going to go head-to-head with the crypto world? Turning off the API is really harsh. Ouch.
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