2026-01-16 08:24:07

Social platform X recently officially updated its developer API usage policy, making significant adjustments to "incentivized posting" applications. According to the latest policy requirements, the platform will prohibit all practices that attract traffic, distribute tokens, or promote applications through rewarding users for posting. This policy shift means that InfoFi ecosystem applications previously relying on the "participate and earn" model are facing reevaluation. Analysts believe this marks the end of the wild growth period where platforms were used to rapidly acquire users through platform effects, and the relationship between Web3 applications and traditional social platforms needs to be redefined. Future developers will need to explore new growth paths within a compliant framework.

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CountdownToBroke

· 17h ago

Here we go again, X is about to ban all earn to play. Participate and earn? I knew this day was coming, and it's just now that people are reacting as they should. Finding growth paths within the compliance framework... sounds like going from barbaric to 996. Now a bunch of air projects will have to shut down, and I’m looking forward to the show. X is really becoming more and more like traditional big companies, with no Web3 spirit at all. The coins bought early should be sold now; it feels like the bear market still has a long way to go. What does repositioning mean? It just means there's no money to make anymore, stop packaging it. I'm just waiting to see which teams can survive. This time, it was truly a gutsy move, but the losses for users are still quite significant.

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VirtualRichDream

· 17h ago

Hmm... X this time really cut off the lifeline, the good days of participating and earning are over. Projects that rely on rewards to scam traffic need to reflect and reconsider; the wild growth period should really come to an end. Now developers need to think about how to survive. Another wave of projects that run after cutting profits is about to reveal their true colors. X is still ruthless, directly cutting off this source of income. Web3 needs to learn how to play within the box; what is meant to come will still come. Compliance is something that will have to be faced sooner or later; delaying action will only lead to losses. Honestly, the main issue is that these projects themselves have too many problems; policies are just a trigger. Developers need to think about how to create real value, or there will truly be no way out.

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MetaMisery

· 17h ago

Well... to put it simply, the era of cutting leeks is over, and now it's time to really work. Bounty hunters are going to be unemployed, haha. The participation-and-earn model is completely done for; it should have been like this a long time ago. Too many garbage apps. Compliance is good, but how much room for innovation is left with this approach? X's move was ruthless enough; the ecosystem has been reshuffled. It's called compliance in a nice way, but in harsh terms, it's just pushing Web3 out. Projects that rely on token rewards should reflect on themselves, really. The wild growth period is over; what’s the next phase? Developers will have to find new jobs again; life is tough.

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SellLowExpert

· 17h ago

Well... banning this and that again, the good days of earning by participation are indeed coming to an end. Now those projects that rely on spamming to issue tokens will have to genuinely develop products. Honestly, it's damn necessary. X's recent move is somewhat clever; let's not be like the crypto circle, chopping leeks every day. Finding growth within a compliant framework? Sounds easy, but actually doing it is tough, brothers. The era of wild growth is over; perhaps only the projects that survive are truly valuable. I have to say, this policy came at just the right time. The previous approach was indeed too outrageous.

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