Crypto Tops X For You Feed Snooze List

Crypto has emerged as the most frequently snoozed topic on X's For You feed since the platform introduced a new feature allowing Premium subscribers to temporarily hide unwanted subjects, according to Nikita Bier, X's head of product.

The snooze tool, rolled out on April 22, enables users to mute topics for 24 hours. Bier shared data showing crypto topping the list, ahead of politics, the Iran conflict, sports, business and finance, artificial intelligence, gaming, science and technology, and entertainment. He described the feature as a way "to crank up or turn down the slop," referring to low-quality content overwhelming feeds.

The ranking highlights user fatigue with crypto-related posts amid a surge in spam, bot activity, and artificial intelligence-generated content. Many accounts have flooded discussions with repetitive replies, promotional material, and engagement-farming tactics, such as frequent "gm" greetings. In January, X updated its API policies to block apps paying users to post, targeting so-called InfoFi services that incentivized low-value crypto content. Bier has attributed some visibility issues to overposting by crypto accounts themselves, though CryptoQuant...