7.7 million bot posts in a single day, yet the X platform is restricting crypto content

The “double standards” of Platform X have sparked strong dissatisfaction within the crypto community. CryptoQuant founder Ki Young Ju pointed out that Platform X suppresses the visibility of cryptocurrency-related content on one hand, while being powerless to curb the rampant spread of bot spam on the other—this approach is equivalent to punishing legitimate users. According to the latest data, automated activities related to the keyword “crypto” generated over 7.7 million posts in a single day, with a growth rate of 1224%. This figure reflects a prioritization issue in platform governance.

The Real Dilemma Behind the Data

How big is the scale of bot spam

Based on CryptoQuant’s on-chain data, automated activities related to cryptocurrencies have reached an astonishing scale. The figure of over 7.7 million posts per day is not an exaggeration but a reflection of the platform’s current reality. What does this mean? Every genuine crypto-related piece of content has to compete for visibility amid tens of millions of spam posts.

Even more concerning is that these bot accounts have become fully integrated into Platform X’s ecosystem. Ki Young Ju pointed out that Platform X cannot effectively distinguish between automated and real accounts, and even the paid verification system (once seen as a promising solution) has become a tool for mass messaging by bots. This means that many accounts that pay for verification are actually bots.

Platform X’s explanation is untenable

In response to these criticisms, Platform X’s product lead Nikita Bier explained that the visibility issue in the crypto community stems from users overposting low-value content, such as repeatedly sending “gm” (good morning). This explanation attempts to shift the blame onto users.

But data clearly exposes this reasoning. Compared to the low-value content of repeated “gm” posts, the scale and harm caused by the 7.7 million bot posts are on an entirely different level. Bot-generated content is not just low-value; it directly pollutes the entire information environment of the platform, causing genuine information to be drowned out.

The Core of Policy Contradictions

This comparison clearly illustrates the problem: Platform X has chosen the easiest route—reducing the algorithmic weight of crypto content—rather than investing resources to improve bot detection. The former is a “one-size-fits-all” approach; the latter is true governance.

Why the Crypto Community Is Made the “Scapegoat”

Ki Young Ju’s response directly hits the core issue: Platform X prefers to ban crypto content rather than improve bot detection. This reflects the platform’s prioritization choices.

From the platform’s perspective, this choice is “reasonable” but “lazy.” Limiting the visibility of crypto content can immediately reduce the platform’s “noise” (as defined by X), but at the cost of harming an active and influential community. Truly solving the bot problem requires ongoing technical investment and algorithm optimization, which are obviously more complex and costly.

However, this choice exposes a problem: Platform X’s attitude toward the crypto community. Without clear policy support, crypto content becomes the easiest target for “optimization.” While bot issues are widespread, because they are not specific to a particular domain, they are treated as a “platform-wide problem.”

The Actual Impact on the Crypto Community

Currently, Platform X remains the most important real-time communication hub for the crypto industry. This means that regardless of how X adjusts its algorithms, the crypto community cannot completely leave the platform. But it also means that crypto users are experiencing a passive “visibility contraction.”

Content reach for project teams, traders, and analysts is declining—not because of content quality issues, but because of platform policy choices. This directly affects the efficiency of information dissemination and, consequently, market price discovery.

Summary

The policy contradiction of Platform X reflects not only a technical issue but also a matter of priorities and attitude. The data showing 7.7 million bot posts in a single day clearly indicates that the root problem is not the “low value” of crypto content. The real issue is that the platform has chosen the cheapest governance path—restriction rather than improvement.

For the crypto community, this is a signal: reliance on any centralized platform is limited. It also serves as a reminder to platform operators that the vitality of user communities requires genuine governance investment, not “one-size-fits-all” suppression of visibility.