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 The move is already being enforced: API access for these reward-based apps has been revoked.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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LiquidationAlert
· 12h ago
ngl X directly killed the Half-Life project in this step, that was ruthless.
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SignatureCollector
· 12h ago
NGL, Web3 social is about to be reshuffled, and X's move was quite ruthless.
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OnchainArchaeologist
· 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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Frontrunner
· 12h ago
NGL, the Web3 social ecosystem is about to be reshuffled. This move by X is pretty ruthless.
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LiquidatedTwice
· 12h ago
Uh X, are you going to go head-to-head with the crypto world? Turning off the API is really harsh. Ouch.
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 The move is already being enforced: API access for these reward-based apps has been revoked.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.