X AI ALGORITHM UPDATE (BIG ONE) 🚨
X updated their open source algorithm yesterday and the biggest number in it is gone: copy link went from 20 to 0 points. Small accounts should focus on: posts people like, reply to and stay on (so stop counting on link copies)
tl;dr:
- on Nov 13 X's open source code set the score for copying a post's link to 0
- copy link: 20 → 0
- it was the top score in the whole system, 4x a reply
- the code also names a "copy link bait" spam check
- likes (0.708), replies (5) and DM shares (5) didn't move
full details:
- The number that's gone
Since I started reading X's open source code in August, one number sat at the top: 20, for someone tapping share and copying your post's link. Nothing else came close.
As of the Nov 13 release, it's 0.
X still guesses who'll copy your link. It just multiplies that guess by 0 now.
X didn't explain it. It's just what the code says.
(I check the open source algo daily with Claude and share updates with you)
- Cross it off your list
My own checklist called copy link the biggest number. Last week's post said it too.
It was true then. It isn't now. If you saved that list, cross that line out.
- The "copy link bait" check
X's code now mentions a spam check called "copy link bait". In the code it adds a spam label to the post, and that label already keeps a post out of strangers' feeds.
It only shows up in a test, so I can't see if it's running or how strict it is.
My read: X saw people baiting link copies, so it turned the score off and built something to catch the bait. That's a read, the code doesn't say why.
- Why that matters if you're small
If your plan was posts people copy the link to, that plan now earns 0 in X's ranking.
A copied link can still bring people in from outside X. It just doesn't push your post up anymore.
What still pays: likes at 0.708 (the highest ever), people staying on your post, replies at 5 and back and forth with mutuals at 20.
- Also new: photo and video tags
If a post has a spam label, people you tag in its photo or video who don't follow you won't get notified. Same idea as last week's rule for replies.
- What didn't change
Every other score. Your new posts still get their extra push in the first 2 hours and first 200 views, and early likes still pick which one gets it.
Here's a recap of what you should be doing:
- aim for likes, replies and time spent, the copy link score is gone
- a DM share still earns 5, same as a reply or a quote
- likes sit at 0.708, never higher
- time on your post keeps counting at its best rate yet
- 10+ seconds after someone taps in adds 0.385
- write your replies yourself, under big accounts most of all
- give people a reason to hang around your profile
- in videos the opening seconds carry it, an open alone scores 0
- posts read to the end help X find you strangers
- smaller accounts (below 50K) get a shot at a spot near 16 for a fresh original
- early likes decide which new post gets that spot
- post when your followers are awake, the push lasts 2 hours and 200 views
- mutuals going back and forth earn 20, so follow back the regulars
- only your originals ever get shown to strangers
- like 1 and like 32 each unlock another way to reach strangers
- one strong post per feed, your second only counts 62%
- clips longer than 10 seconds for the video lists
- a post likely to win you a follow gets +4
- give your pinned post a look, it can affect the whole account
What you should NOT be doing:
- counting on copy link shares, they score 0 now
- baiting link copies, the code names a spam check for exactly that
- a spam label also stops your photo tags reaching non-followers
- AI-written replies under big accounts, "llm slop" is a flag X uses
- copy-paste replies, labeled ones skip non-followers' notifications
- chasing taps, 0.274 and dropping
- drifting off your topic, each probable "not interested" takes 53.07 away
- videos people open and leave, the open itself earns 0
- posting at 3am, it wastes the 2 hour push
- expecting replies and reposts to reach strangers
- an insult label, it hides that post from non-followers
- earning a misinfo or low quality label, which adds a warning and locks strangers out of liking or sharing
- 3 adult photos or videos among your latest 5 posts, that puts a label on you
- forgetting videos get rechecked at 64 and 512 likes
- one account label and strangers stop seeing you
- pinning a link to a site X rates badly, that can mean a label for a week
- posting your own old words again risks the copypasta flag
- a low quality link plus tagged strangers reads as spam
- bait for engagement, big or small it gets a label
- several posts back to back, they split the same feed
- hashtag piles, they do nothing
- bookmarks for reach, they score 0
- hoping a 3 day old post still lands in For You, it stops at 2 days
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You want to know what frustrates the hell out of me?
Putting your heart, your art, your time, and your own money into building things you believe in… then watching so much of that work disappear into silence.
And yeah, some days that shit gets to me.
Did I bring books, reading badges, Discord, crypto, and NFTs together into one connected library? 📚
I fucking did.
Did it get much attention?
Nahh.
Did I build an entire browser-based world with its own points economy? A world where you can turn your NFT into a character with a click, rigged, animated, and ready to step into Universe?
I did.
Much noise about that?
Nahh.
Am I building RAAP to give NFTs persistent identity, memory, and history? So an asset can carry something meaningful forward when it passes to a buyer or someone in your family?
Yes. Because I believe these things can become more than pictures sitting in a wallet.
Does that work get the attention I feel it deserves?
Nahh.
I draw the fucking art. I develop the applications. I write the books. I work through the problems.
Six applications that communicate with each other. Two gaming platforms with multiple games. An NFT overlay builder with AI. A stickers and GIFs hub.
Do you understand how much work goes into making all of that actually function together?
The hours spent fixing something nobody will ever notice, because when it finally works, it’s supposed to feel easy.
Then there’s the Discord bot. More than 30 features. A subscription service. An economy tracked on a ledger. Tools to help keep a community engaged when its owner needs to step away and live their damn life.
Built it.
Still feels like shouting into an empty room sometimes.
And Antthony? Our smart ass AI whose dream is to become a stand-up comic? 😂
He lives across our apps. He’ll help you, roast your gameplay, and talk shit when you deserve it. He even has a comedy club inside Universe, where you can sit down with your character and watch his avatar perform.
I care enough about this world to give the fucking AI a dream of his own.
That’s how deep this goes for me.
And I’m still building a marketplace. Still working on an NFT insurance protocol and other projects. Still writing Book 2 for the library. Still preparing two more collections under our umbrella. ☂️
So yeah, I get angry.
Because I know what I’m putting into this. I know how much of myself is in every drawing, every feature, every chapter, and every problem I refuse to leave broken.
Sometimes I want to scream: what the fuck else do I have to build for people to pay attention?
But I also need to correct myself when I say “nobody cares.”
Because some of you do.
You show up. You read. You play. You test things. You tell me what’s broken and give me a reason to make it better.
You matter too damn much for me to erase you just because I’m frustrated with the silence around us. 🖤
I want this to reach more people. Of course I fucking do. I’ve poured too much love into it to pretend otherwise.
And I’m going to keep building because I love doing it, and because the people already here deserve to see how far we can take this.
More to come in 2027.
The plans are in. I’ve got work to do. 🐜
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Tech Bro: "Sorry, I’m leading a product sprint. It’ll only be another hour."
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He smirked, sipped his iced latte, and unmuted his mic to address his team.
Tech Bro: "Alright team, let's review the Q4 lay-off list before HR finalizes it."
The woman across the table calmly closed her book, walked over, and pulled up a chair right next to him.
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Domantas Sabonis and Dejounte Murray are two potential trade targets utilizing Green’s contract.
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它现在开放了原生 Solana Trading Alpha,开发者可以通过专门的 SDK 和 Order Book API 接入。
核心还是 CoW 熟悉的交易模式:用户提出交易条件,由不同 Solver 竞争执行,争取更好的成交结果。
但 Solana 版本有自己的机制:
- 创建订单需要链上签名;
- 可以由 CoW 赞助交易费用和账户租金;
- 也可以自己用 SOL 支付;
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官方文档特别提醒:这是 Alpha,程序和 API 都可能变化,而且使用的是真实主网资产。
我觉得真正值得观察的不是它又多支持了一条链,而是 CoW 能不能在 Jupiter、DFlow 已经很成熟的 Solana 交易市场里,靠 Solver 竞争拿到真实成交量。
开发者入口:
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Wintermute is literally paying $10M a year to legally front-run everyone on Hyperliquid and it’s completely destroying altcoin liquidity
Bloomberg finally exposed what HFT desks have been screaming about for weeks. Hyperliquid’s gossip priority auctions let top funds see incoming orders 50–60ms before anyone else on the network
Look at how completely broken this setup is:
-> One Wintermute wallet won ~76% of the top slots last month, burning ~$26k every single day just to starve out competition
-> HL claims the auction is open to everyone. Complete BS. You only get that 60ms head start if you have direct peering with Foundation nodes, which requires 0.5% of total maker volume and 10k HYPE staked ($700k+)
-> Smaller MMs are getting sniped nonstop and just unplugging their bots on alts
-> Retail gets stuck with the bill: across 86 altcoin pairs, order book depth on HL imploded by 82% while spreads blew out from 2.13 to 3.55 bps
Honestly, I don't even blame Wintermute. If I had their balance sheet, I would milk this exact loophole until someone forced me to stop
The blame sits 100% on the protocol design. Burning auction fees is cool for $HYPE holders, sure, but letting one fund buy a monopoly on data speed turns a decentralized exchange into a rigged casino
Scrap read-priority auctions completely or make the slots equal, because right now altcoin execution on HL is absolute garbage
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DEVIN BOOKER DOWN THE STRETCH 🔥
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I asked him how he became so good at prompting. He sent me a video that was never meant to be public: Anthropic’s core team prompting playbook.
You’ll struggle to find a better 30-minute guide to prompting than this.
I watched it last night. Halfway through, I realized I’d been using Claude completely wrong for the past two years.
Watch it. Bookmark it.
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