Cracking the X algo week 2

Hello Hello Hivians and Threaders and Xters!

It is Thursday and that means that it is time for my designated X report.

X as in what was known as Twitter.

First of all, I can see a concerted effort from so many people getting the Hive name known on X and other web2 media.

IT IS WORKING .... We are onboarding influencers and more users, that is a fluffing fact.

In fact there is a live DEEPDIVE being performed live on youtube tonight ...

The host is none other than @alohaed who will be hosting a simultaneous threadcast that you can find here

He has a somewhat unmistakable voice that I think has beguiled our Nigerians hehe ...

I am curious as to what Matilda (our 82 years young hottie from the depths of the Scottish Highlands) will make of him, I am sure she will be wanting to interview him on her Spaces in November!

You would have perhaps guessed by the title that this post is about X (formerly Twitter).

This is the second week that I have been tracking my stats. I shall be reporting my findings and progress.

My aims for X are twofold:

1 Become monetized
2 Spread the Hive word and onboard users

Following last week 1671 this week 1667
Followers last week 2687 this week 2715

So I have been slowly removing users I have been following that either don't engage or we are not aligned.

My followers count increased by 28, actually it was more, because X are still suspending accounts left right and centre, and those get removed from your following.

To become monetized you need to do these 3 things:

✔️ Subscribe to Premium or Verified Organizations

❌ Have at least 5M impressions on your posts within the last 3 months

✔️ 500 followers

I have the easy bits sorted lol!

My analytics for the last 7 days ...

You can see all the red lol Yes my analytics are way way down and this has a knock on effect from a couple of weeks ago.

My impressions NOSEDIVED...
Let's have a look at my impressions...

Note it says 5M impressions on your posts within the last 3 months

My last three months' chart for impressions....

So I have 1.7 million (last week was 1.5 million) impressions for the last three months. Oh fluff me, I am well short lol

But if you look closely there is only activity in the last month

So let's take the last thirty days!

I fibbed, the last 28 days, there is last 28 days button in the drop down menu so life is easy when you don't too much hahaha

So we can see that actually we had 1.5 million impressions in the last 28 days and had a daily impression value of 54.6 thousand which is more or less the 55k daily average needed for three months.

You can see up until Wednesday 11th October where I had 180000 impressions I was doing great and then gone to ratshit.

My reach has gone, the impressions from my comments have gone,

I have had my account limited in someway, I don't know how or what but NO Surrender ....

I am determined to persevere.

The X algorithm is a fickle beast! And info on how not to fall foul of the don'ts is welcome!

One very useful site that anybody who uses X should be aware of and use is a shadow ban testing site, you can access one here ...

Just make sure you are signed out of your X account when you run the test.

This then is the result of my test...

✔️ My account does exist! Good to know!!!

Also there is :

✔️ NO Search Ban
✔️ NO Search Suggestion Ban
✔️ NO Ghost Ban
✔️ NO reply deboosting

However it seems my reach is not that good, and even when I comment on some posts, my replies are getting buried!

Not good for impression farming!

I will get back to it next week and see if I can get to the root of the problem.

In the meantime I shall be aiming to follow some X strategies we have devised ....

But if anyone wants to Team up to try and crack X please do let me know!

In the meantime have a great week until next Thursday!

All images are from my X account and ramblings are from me, the mad Scotsman TengoLoTodo unless otherwise stated.

DO WHAT YOU LOVE AND DO IT OFTEN

Haste Ye Back!

@tengolotodo October 26th 2023