Chairman of X (formerly Twitter) Elon Musk has threatened to suspend the account of anyone who engages in ‘engagement farming.’
For those who may be new to the term, ‘Engagement Farming’ is when someone posts obnoxious/generic things just to get replies or likes.
In simple terms, ‘engagement farming’ is when one wants to get more engagement on social media platforms. For example, this can be done by participating in multiple Twitter spaces at once, without adding any specific value, but only to pump one’s bag.
The owner of X, Elon Musk, has said he will suspend all accounts found to be doing engagement farming on the social media platform.
Several users on X are engaging in farming to boost their earnings from the content creator monetization program of the platform. This comes as the billionaire struggles to get rid of bots and fake accounts from X, formerly known as Twitter.
Aside from boosting their chances of getting paid by the platform, individuals and organizations use engagement farming to to artificially inflate their online presence and influence. This involved unethical practices and the use of fake accounts or tools to inflate metrics such as likes, retweets, and follower counts.
This activity disrupts the organic flow of information on X, and manipulated content lowers genuine voices. By blocking such accounts, X Crop aims to foster an original and organic online environment where content is rated based on its originality.
See the tweet:
Any accounts doing engagement farming will be suspended and traced to source
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) April 19, 2024
See the responses:
What about accounts that steal content from un monetized accounts and post on their monetized accounts?
— Conservative Momma (@conmomma) April 19, 2024
So all the females posting scantily clad pics and advertising OF are getting a suspension?
— Just Posting Ls (@MomsPostingLs) April 19, 2024
If this means suspending accounts that consistently reply to large accounts spamming unrelated content, that would be amazing!
I miss when replies were in response to the original post.
— Marc 🇺🇸 (@gopher_marc) April 19, 2024
Isn’t everyone engagement farming?
No one would use the internet if it wasn’t to reach others.
— TaraBull (@TaraBull808) April 19, 2024
Elon Musk got me thinking twice before I tweet anything
— Kartelo🦍🇦🇷 (@curtiske6) April 19, 2024
Finally, thank God! This is much needed. I’m so tired of seeing clickbait pages and those who put out fake news solely for engagement farming just for clicks, likes, and comments, and solely for profit, nothing else. It’s been cluttering up mine and many others’ feeds with…
— R A W S A L E R T S (@rawsalerts) April 19, 2024
“Nudes in bio” bots most affected
— The Rabbit Hole (@TheRabbitHole84) April 19, 2024
Just look what you turned this website into. It was perfectly fine for 16 damn years, it emerged when zoomers were still in the kindergarten. The responsibility is on you.
— WarTranslated (Dmitri) (@wartranslated) April 19, 2024
Social media is literally engagement farming lmao you can’t be pro free speech and then say this bruh
— Hazel Appleyard (@HazelAppleyard_) April 19, 2024
“All speech is free. Except that speech which is deemed engagement farming by some unknown person in some unknown place.”
— Pons Asinorum (@Pons_ETH) April 19, 2024
