CryptoQuant founder criticizes X for punishing Crypto Amid Bot spam
CryptoQuant founder Ki Young Joo criticized X for suppressing crypto-related posts, saying the platform was punishing legitimate users instead of solving the underlying bot problem.
In a Sunday post on X, Ju cited data on the creation of more than 7.7 million posts in a single day, showing a significant increase in automated activity associated with the keyword “crypto,” an increase of more than 1,200% compared to previous levels. According to Ju, the flood of low-quality content has triggered algorithmic vulnerabilities that also affect real crypto accounts.
“Bots are inevitable as AI evolves,” Ju wrote, adding that X's inability to distinguish automated accounts from humans is the real issue. He also criticized the failure of the platform's paid verification system as a filtering tool, which now allows bots to “pay for spam”, while real users have less access.
“X would be better off banning cryptocurrency from improving boto detection,” Ju wrote.
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The management of X product blames the decrease in CT accessibility on excessive posting
The criticism comes after Nikita Bier, head of X product from crypto Twitter ( CT ) , revealed that the visibility problems were partly self-inflicted. Bier says many accounts get burned out by posting or over-reacting on a daily basis, often with low-value messages like repeated “GM” responses, with little visibility later when sharing more substantive content like project updates.
“CT is dying by suicide, not by algorithms,” Bier writes, adding that over-posting dilutions are achieved because the average user only sees a certain number of posts per day.
The comment sparked a debate in crypto circles. “They've been blatantly suppressing CT content, forgetting that it's a big place to keep X,” said one crypto user.
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X remains the main communication platform of crypto
Crypto users rely on X as their primary real-time communication hub, using the platform to share market insights, project updates, breaking news and onchain analysis.
Last year, X released a messaging service called XChats, Elon Musk added “Bitcoin-style encryption” with voice and video calls, lost messages, file sharing and an architecture built using the Rust programming language.
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