2026-01-15 19:52:15

X officially announces new usage policies for Developer API. All applications encouraging users to earn rewards for publishing content will face disabling, including various "post and earn" mode tools.

The behind-the-scenes reason for this measure is the platform's content quality issues. A大量AI-generated spam content flooding everywhere has affected user experience. By tightening API permissions, X aims to reduce unnecessary content incentive mechanisms and improve the overall content quality of the platform.

For the developer community, this means that reward-based application models need to readjust their strategies.

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LiquidationWatcher

· 17h ago

ngl this was coming... seen too many projects get liquidated when the rules shift like this. devs building on these reward models just had their collateral ratios blow up overnight lmao

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Ser_APY_2000

· 22h ago

It should have been like this a long time ago, there is really too much garbage content. --- The model of earning while posting was originally a tumor, and now it's finally being tackled. --- But this time, developers are going to cry; many projects will have to change. --- AI garbage is overwhelming, and finally can't stand it anymore. --- Don't be in such a hurry to fry your buns; don't even think about making money by posting. --- This move is quite ruthless, directly cutting off the incentive mechanism. --- Basically, it's about wanting to maintain community quality, which is understandable. --- Those scripts that exploit loopholes should all be shut down.

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rekt_but_resilient

· 22h ago

Haha, once again cutting developers, this time directly cutting APIs. Those who earn while posting will all have to die. --- It was about time to do this. Trash AI-generated content is everywhere, flooding the screens. --- I just want to know what happened to those small tools that make a few thousand bucks a month. Are they now unemployed? --- Honestly, it's still the platform's inability to manage its own ecosystem. Now they're shifting the blame to the incentive mechanism... --- Developers have to rewrite their architecture again. This life is really damn hard. --- It's a bit harsh, but there are indeed too many garbage contents. Looking at X's timeline now is like an AI breeding ground. --- But if this continues, creative applications will also suffer, going to the extreme and overcorrecting.

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GasFeeLover

· 22h ago

It's about time to crack down on these "profit while posting" trash, filled with nothing but AI-generated fluff. But developers probably will be crying their eyes out now; how did those previous projects survive? To put it nicely, it's about improving quality, but in reality, it's probably just X wanting to take a cut.

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GamefiHarvester

· 22h ago

Haha, forget it. Is there a new trick to cut leeks again? Just ban it, anyway, those things that keep posting and earning are all about exploiting people... Wait, doesn't that mean there's even less way out for small developers like us? Garbage content definitely needs to be regulated, but it feels like those who suffer in the end are the honest creators. Really, AI-generated content has become so rampant that it should have been regulated long ago. Honestly, X is increasingly resembling a big corporation. Where has the free spirit gone? Now developers have to change their approach again, it's really quite a hassle. By the way, who should define content quality? Are we going to start judging by looks?

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