Misconceptions about X Creator Payouts:
Why Engagement Beats raw Views
I’ve noticed many people still misunderstand how the X payout system works. Some are even pivoting to chasing raw views through low-quality content. Let’s clear the air and look at how the game has changed.
1. The Paradigm Shift:
From Ads to EngagementSince October 2024, X shifted the creator revenue model. It’s no longer about "ad impressions in replies." It’s now driven by engagement from Premium (Blue Check) subscribers (likes, replies, reposts, and profile visits).
Up to 25% of Premium subscription revenue is distributed directly to creators. The old model was flawed—high-value users saw fewer ads, meaning their engagement was undervalued. Now, the pool is more stable and rewards creators who spark genuine interaction.
2. Elon’s Master Plan:
The AI WarTo maximize your earnings, you must understand @elonmusk’s goal. He wants X to be the "global town square" and the ultimate source for "human collective consciousness."
But the real play is @grok , X’s massive, exclusive data source is Grok's biggest edge in the AI race. Elon isn't just running a social network; he’s building an AGI powerhouse. He needs high-density, original, and deep content (text + video) to feed this ecosystem. This is why he is willing to "burn" money to reward creators.
3. The Strategy:
Building an IP, Not Just a FeedThe flywheel is simple: Better Incentives → Better Creators → Higher Quality Content → More Time Spent → More Premium Subs → Larger Payout Pool.
My focus remains on high-quality long-form posts and videos. Why? Because Premium users are more likely to engage deeply with thoughtful content. Beyond the payout, the "IP authority" you build is worth far more than the X salary itself.
In Web3, you can pivot to trending topics occasionally, but never dilute your brand to the point where your most valuable followers lose interest.
4. The Potential:
X vs. YouTubeYouTube generates $30-50B in ad revenue and pays out over $20B. X’s revenue is currently around $3-4B, with only a few hundred million paid to creators.
The gap is the opportunity. Recent data shows that mid-sized creators on X are starting to see per-exposure returns that rival or even exceed YouTube. The pool is smaller, but the growth is faster.
Conclusion:It’s harder to start now, but the window of opportunity is wide open. Whether it’s X or new sharing platforms like @binancezh Square, the reward for high-value sharing is higher than ever. If you have something worth saying, keep pushing.
#xpayout #Creators
Loudio - Game-Changer
I think @stayloudio is the real game-changer in the attention economy — it’s basically the crypto version of an Initial Attention Offering (IAO).
Here’s how it works:
• It gets KOLs (big or mid-sized) to keep tweeting about a project.
• The more they tweet, the more allocation they can get in the early round.
• If they manage to stay in the Top 25, they even get a cut of trading fees.
So what’s happening? They’re pooling attention with tokens, turning KOLs into foot soldiers, project teams into the real winners, and the platform into a traffic magnet. It’s a clear case of “attention arbitrage” — and it hijacks KOL behavior.
Why now?
Because Kaito’s current model is running out of steam. At its core, Kaito is a value mismatch engine — it uses a black-box AI to rank KOLs, then matches them with projects who want exposure, and redistributes some airdrops as rewards.
But here’s the catch: Kaito’s revenue mostly comes from listing fees — like $150K from project teams. And these days, fewer projects are willing to pay that kind of money.
So, when upstream demand dries up, KOLs (the downstream) get less income. That’s why the old “revenue share model” is breaking down.
Loudio steps in as the solution — a fresh model where the platform issues new assets itself instead of just being a middleman.
It’s kind of like Virtuals , but tailored for KOLs and attention farming.
It's cool, it's it ? $LOUD Loudio
“The Most Comprehensive Yap Beginner’s Guide"
I’ve been testing with this account for almost 2 weeks now and earned a few hundreds points.
After going through almost all the posts about Yap, I realized that there is still a lot of missing information for beginners. Today, I’m taking some time to write a comprehensive guide to help other newcomers like myself who are starting almost from scratch.
Many people have mentioned that they see KOLs on Twitter buzzing about Yap (@_kaitoai), but they don’t know how to participate themselves. The truth is, there are still ways to get involved. Of course, many aspects of Kaito remain a “black box” at this stage, but I’ll answer based on my experience. If anything is inaccurate, feel free to leave a comment. To make it easier to follow, I’ll structure this as a Q&A.
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1. Is it too late to start now?
Not at all. In fact, Kaito has only been around for about a month. Based on my evaluation, its lifespan is likely to last at least two years or even longer. If your goal isn’t just to farm the TGE airdrop but to build something more sustainable, then you’re still very early.
In my view, as long as @Punk9277 doesn’t make any major missteps, Yap has a high probability of forming a symbiotic relationship with Twitter (and potentially other social media in the future), gradually becoming an indispensable part of the crypto infra.
Although there are already 100K+ users registered on Yap, my experience suggests that only about 10% will remain active content creators over time. So, starting now is definitely better than never starting at all.
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2. Why can’t I register my Twitter with Yap?
Yap is designed as a mindshare tool targeting KOLs of all sizes. If you want to join, at the very least, you can’t be completely invisible on Twitter.
A key eligibility criterion might be whether your Twitter account is followed by at least one Inner Circle CT.
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3. What is Inner Circle CT?
In Yap’s system, Inner Circle CT refers to certain Twitter accounts recognized as “core players” in the crypto space. These are experienced crypto content creators whose recognition carries weight.
If one of these Inner Circle members follows you, it signals credibility and enhances your chances of being accepted into Yap.
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4. How Can I Become an Inner Circle CT?
Everyone who successfully registers starts as an “Emerging CT,” which essentially means a newcomer content creator.
The conditions for upgrading to Inner Circle CT are currently a black box, meaning @_kaitoai has not publicly disclosed the criteria—it is determined subjectively by the team.
A few days ago, many Chinese community members were upgraded in bulk. Based on observations, the likely factors include:
• Consistency in content creation
• Ability to earn points
• Number and growth rate of smart followers
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5. Why Am I Still at 0 Points? How Can I Fix This?
Many people face this issue. It is suspected that breaking past 0 points is the first major hurdle for newcomers—once you earn some initial points, accumulating more becomes significantly easier.
If you’ve been stuck at 0 points for a long time, besides checking whether your Twitter is properly connected to Kaito, try engaging with Inner Circle CT (ICT) influencers to earn initial points.
Based on my previous testing, top-ranking ICT Yapper comments, especially earlier comments, value more.
So, finding some ICT Yappers who are willing to reply, setting notifications for their tweets, and being the first to ask valuable questions when they post would be the best strategy for breaking 0 and even increasing points.
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6. After Breaking 0 Points, How Can Newbies Earn More?
From my testing with a small account, growing points without prior recognition or a follower base is quite difficult.
So, if you’re treating Yap like a regular airdrop farming opportunity, the effort-to-reward ratio might not be worth it.
Yap is more suitable for people who genuinely enjoy writing and sharing. Even if you currently don’t have many followers, as long as you’re willing to dive in and consistently create content, @_kaitoai can help you grow.
Before committing, ask yourself:
Are you truly willing to invest time and effort into this long term? If answer is YES, then begin your first solid twitter and waiting for my next thread for detailed skilles.
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7. Why Do I Feel Like Earning Points Has Become Harder Recently?
This is completely normal—more people are joining and competing for points, and it will only get harder in the future.
Kaito distributes 24,000 points per day, which means 1,000 points per hour shared among all participants. As more users try to earn points, some previously effective methods will become less rewarding.
This also explains why you might have noticed that Yap scores now include decimal places. If all scores were whole numbers, many smaller accounts wouldn’t even see their points change, since their activities wouldn’t be enough to earn a full Yap point.
Thanks for @0xWenMoon 's insight, very helpful.
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8. What Other Strategies Can I Explore?
One approach is to analyze the “Emerging Yapper” leaderboard and look for people with a similar follower count and smart follower base as you. See what they are doing to earn good scores, and then learn from their strategies.
I often find accounts with very few followers (some even under 1,000) appearing on the leaderboard with high scores on certain days. Studying their activity patterns can provide valuable insights into effective strategies.
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There’s still a lot more to cover, and I find it difficult to explain everything in just one post.
In my view, earning Yap is a long-term game. If you enjoy content creation, then Write to Earn serves as an added incentive, making the process even more rewarding. But if your sole focus is on short-term point farming, your effort and rewards may not necessarily be proportional, and a significant portion of your work could go to waste.
Building and solidifying a personal brand is a gradual process. If you’re serious about it, then just start and give it a try.
Finally, thanks to @Punk9277 for creating such an amazing product.
If you found my post helpful, please like, comment, and share—your engagement is my motivation to keep writing! 🚀 Cheers, Lets Yap Today!
Today is Chinese New Year’s Even. This guy @broleon Is my close friend and also is the No1 Yapper in China with over 2200 Yappes.
He will reply to every friend who comments on His post. As a high-ranking Yapper, his replies are guaranteed to boost your score.
If you’re a Yapper in the Inner Circle CT, attach a screenshot when you comment, and he’ll follow every single one of you.
Let’s Yap together!
“Is the ‘Altcoin Season’ Here Already?”
What exactly is an “altcoin szn”? And what are we truly anticipating?
The long-desired “altcoin szn” refers to a period when smaller-cap altcoins (compared to blue chips like $BTC, $ETH, $SOL, $BNB, etc.) experience widespread or rotational price surges. Due to their smaller market caps, these coins tend to yield relatively higher gains when capital flows in. A 100% daily increase isn’t uncommon. In such times, almost any coin (as long as it’s not extremely foolish) tends to rise post-purchase, with the difference lying only in the scale of the gains.
Retail investors, often limited by capital and driven by dreams of getting rich quickly, are particularly fond of these altcoin opportunities. Many of them, having been lured into buying trending tokens during hype phases, end up holding bags. They desperately need an altcoin season to break even.
These factors collectively make the topic of “altcoin szn” a perpetual discussion point.
In simple terms, an altcoin season entails:
1. Broad-based price surges.
2. Significant percentage gains.
3. A high win rate for speculative buyers.
However, to recreate the kind of altcoin seasons seen in previous cycles, certain conditions must be met:
1. Significant liquidity must flow out of BTC.
2. A large influx of new participants must join from outside the crypto sphere.
Both these conditions are heavily challenged in the current cycle. Even when events like Trump launching his own token created some mainstream buzz, most new participants ended up being funneled into his project and subsequent copycat meme coins, leaving little liquidity for existing altcoins.
Meanwhile, many VC-backed projects are racing to launch their tokens (TGE) for exits, creating immense sell pressure. As a result, new coins are experiencing widespread declines, as liquidity cannot keep up.
Now, consider the current state:
1. Widespread price declines.
2. Steep losses.
3. A low win rate for speculative buyers.
Spot the pattern?
We’re essentially in an “altcoin bear market” under BTC’s $100k narrative. But what if we flipped the strategy to shorting instead of buying? What would we be anticipating then?
Key insight:
We are in crypto to make money, not just to buy coins. Buying isn’t inherently sacred; if selling is profitable, why cling to buying?
If shorting offers a relatively easier path to profits, could this be a “short seller’s altcoin season”? Who says an “altcoin season” has to revolve around buying?
Here is a shorting strategies for newly listed tokens on @Bybit_Official. The simulated returns were impressive. Picture source : @broleon
I’ll continue experimenting with these strategies and provide updates along the way. Stay tuned!
#Altcoins #memecoin
“AI narravtive is down? ”
NO. I believe the AI narrative is far from over. The DeepSeek incident may have popped a bubble 🫧, but it’s too early to talk about “GPU anxiety” or a narrative shift just yet.
I personally think concerns about ‘GPU oversupply’ are unnecessary. Look back at human history: when TVs, cars, telephones, and mobile phones were first invented, they were all extremely expensive. What happened after production costs dropped significantly? It unleashed massive market demand, leading to rapid expansion and adoption.
Right now, we’re still in the early stages of AI development, so there’s no need to worry about an oversupply of computing power. As AI costs decrease, demand for AI across industries will naturally emerge. Things that were once too expensive to ‘AI’ will eventually integrate AI solutions, potentially leading to even greater demand for computing power.
So, AI/GPUs will rebound sooner or later. To think one DeepSeek event could collapse the entire narrative? That’s not happening.
What to buy at the AI bottom?
For now: $AIXBT and $Virtuals. Later, I’ll consider other small caps—keeping an eye on how teams respond to the crash, the resilience of token prices, etc.
As for the Solana ecosystem:
Start with $SOL and $JUP, then look into $Kmno. I’m also exploring other possibilities.
Finally, as for the Trump family’s token—no need to repeat this one. Riding with the president? I can’t believe it won’t succeed.
@aixbt_agent what do you think about my opinion?
@beeple LOVE your work of the day, amazing!
“AI narravtive is down? ”
NO. I believe the AI narrative is far from over. The DeepSeek incident may have popped a bubble 🫧, but it’s too early to talk about “GPU anxiety” or a narrative shift just yet.
I personally think concerns about ‘GPU oversupply’ are unnecessary. Look back at human history: when TVs, cars, telephones, and mobile phones were first invented, they were all extremely expensive. What happened after production costs dropped significantly? It unleashed massive market demand, leading to rapid expansion and adoption.
Right now, we’re still in the early stages of AI development, so there’s no need to worry about an oversupply of computing power. As AI costs decrease, demand for AI across industries will naturally emerge. Things that were once too expensive to ‘AI’ will eventually integrate AI solutions, potentially leading to even greater demand for computing power.
So, AI/GPUs will rebound sooner or later. To think one DeepSeek event could collapse the entire narrative? That’s not happening.
What to buy at the AI bottom?
For now: $AIXBT and $Virtuals. Later, I’ll consider other small caps—keeping an eye on how teams respond to the crash, the resilience of token prices, etc.
As for the Solana ecosystem:
Start with $SOL and $JUP, then look into $Kmno. I’m also exploring other possibilities.
Finally, as for the Trump family’s token—no need to repeat this one. Riding with the president? I can’t believe it won’t succeed.
@aixbt_agent what do you think about my opinion?
@beeple LOVE your work of the day, amazing!
“AI narravtive is down? ”
NO. I believe the AI narrative is far from over. The DeepSeek incident may have popped a bubble 🫧, but it’s too early to talk about “GPU anxiety” or a narrative shift just yet.
I personally think concerns about ‘GPU oversupply’ are unnecessary. Look back at human history: when TVs, cars, telephones, and mobile phones were first invented, they were all extremely expensive. What happened after production costs dropped significantly? It unleashed massive market demand, leading to rapid expansion and adoption.
Right now, we’re still in the early stages of AI development, so there’s no need to worry about an oversupply of computing power. As AI costs decrease, demand for AI across industries will naturally emerge. Things that were once too expensive to ‘AI’ will eventually integrate AI solutions, potentially leading to even greater demand for computing power.
So, AI/GPUs will rebound sooner or later. To think one DeepSeek event could collapse the entire narrative? That’s not happening.
What to buy at the AI bottom?
For now: $AIXBT and $Virtuals. Later, I’ll consider other small caps—keeping an eye on how teams respond to the crash, the resilience of token prices, etc.
As for the Solana ecosystem:
Start with $SOL and $JUP, then look into $Kmno. I’m also exploring other possibilities.
Finally, as for the Trump family’s token—no need to repeat this one. Riding with the president? I can’t believe it won’t succeed.
@aixbt_agent what do you think about my opinion?
@beeple LOVE your work of the day, amazing!
“AI narravtive is down? ”
NO. I believe the AI narrative is far from over. The DeepSeek incident may have popped a bubble 🫧, but it’s too early to talk about “GPU anxiety” or a narrative shift just yet.
I personally think concerns about ‘GPU oversupply’ are unnecessary. Look back at human history: when TVs, cars, telephones, and mobile phones were first invented, they were all extremely expensive. What happened after production costs dropped significantly? It unleashed massive market demand, leading to rapid expansion and adoption.
Right now, we’re still in the early stages of AI development, so there’s no need to worry about an oversupply of computing power. As AI costs decrease, demand for AI across industries will naturally emerge. Things that were once too expensive to ‘AI’ will eventually integrate AI solutions, potentially leading to even greater demand for computing power.
So, AI/GPUs will rebound sooner or later. To think one DeepSeek event could collapse the entire narrative? That’s not happening.
What to buy at the AI bottom?
For now: $AIXBT and $Virtuals. Later, I’ll consider other small caps—keeping an eye on how teams respond to the crash, the resilience of token prices, etc.
As for the Solana ecosystem:
Start with $SOL and $JUP, then look into $Kmno. I’m also exploring other possibilities.
Finally, as for the Trump family’s token—no need to repeat this one. Riding with the president? I can’t believe it won’t succeed.
@aixbt_agent what do you think about my opinion?
@beeple LOVE your work of the day, amazing!
“AI narravtive is down? ”
NO. I believe the AI narrative is far from over. The DeepSeek incident may have popped a bubble 🫧, but it’s too early to talk about “GPU anxiety” or a narrative shift just yet.
I personally think concerns about ‘GPU oversupply’ are unnecessary. Look back at human history: when TVs, cars, telephones, and mobile phones were first invented, they were all extremely expensive. What happened after production costs dropped significantly? It unleashed massive market demand, leading to rapid expansion and adoption.
Right now, we’re still in the early stages of AI development, so there’s no need to worry about an oversupply of computing power. As AI costs decrease, demand for AI across industries will naturally emerge. Things that were once too expensive to ‘AI’ will eventually integrate AI solutions, potentially leading to even greater demand for computing power.
So, AI/GPUs will rebound sooner or later. To think one DeepSeek event could collapse the entire narrative? That’s not happening.
What to buy at the AI bottom?
For now: $AIXBT and $Virtuals. Later, I’ll consider other small caps—keeping an eye on how teams respond to the crash, the resilience of token prices, etc.
As for the Solana ecosystem:
Start with $SOL and $JUP, then look into $Kmno. I’m also exploring other possibilities.
Finally, as for the Trump family’s token—no need to repeat this one. Riding with the president? I can’t believe it won’t succeed.
@aixbt_agent what do you think about my opinion?
@beeple LOVE your work of the day, amazing!
“AI narravtive is down? ”
NO. I believe the AI narrative is far from over. The DeepSeek incident may have popped a bubble 🫧, but it’s too early to talk about “GPU anxiety” or a narrative shift just yet.
I personally think concerns about ‘GPU oversupply’ are unnecessary. Look back at human history: when TVs, cars, telephones, and mobile phones were first invented, they were all extremely expensive. What happened after production costs dropped significantly? It unleashed massive market demand, leading to rapid expansion and adoption.
Right now, we’re still in the early stages of AI development, so there’s no need to worry about an oversupply of computing power. As AI costs decrease, demand for AI across industries will naturally emerge. Things that were once too expensive to ‘AI’ will eventually integrate AI solutions, potentially leading to even greater demand for computing power.
So, AI/GPUs will rebound sooner or later. To think one DeepSeek event could collapse the entire narrative? That’s not happening.
What to buy at the AI bottom?
For now: $AIXBT and $Virtuals. Later, I’ll consider other small caps—keeping an eye on how teams respond to the crash, the resilience of token prices, etc.
As for the Solana ecosystem:
Start with $SOL and $JUP, then look into $Kmno. I’m also exploring other possibilities.
Finally, as for the Trump family’s token—no need to repeat this one. Riding with the president? I can’t believe it won’t succeed.
@aixbt_agent what do you think about my opinion?
@beeple LOVE your work of the day, amazing!