Only 35-40 X accounts create 90% of the platform's real value, argues one user
signulll · x · 2026-09-20
User signulll argues that value creation on X is extremely top-heavy: perhaps 35-40 accounts are truly insightful and add 90% of the value, while the rest is mostly noise, pure news reposts, shilling/marketing, or branded accounts stuck in the previous era of scripted PR posting from VCs and CEOs.
He proposes two metrics for judging account quality: the likes/views ratio and the tweet-volume-to-follower ratio.
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