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What we learn running creator accounts, brand campaigns and the MCP: shadowbans, reply-led growth, what X Premium actually buys, what gets paid. For creators and founders without an SMM team.

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X & Threads

How to make money on X in 2026: what X pays for, from real payouts

13 X creators matched to their real payouts: the check tracks views in advertiser topics, followers don't matter, and an X Article does 10× a regular post.

Konstantin Anisimov · September 15, 2026

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How autonomous agents change the social media stack: what an MCP can do for an account, what a local node changes, and where the human still decides.

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X & Threads

Reply patterns, reach, shadowbans and bans, what X Premium buys, how the payout program pays, and the profile changes people mistake for penalties.

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Karma, shadowbans and the signals moderators use to spot automated accounts, from running 200 Reddit accounts: what a usable account needs and what ends one.

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X & Threads

How to Reset Your X Algorithm: What the Open-Source Code Says

Reset your X (Twitter) algorithm with the levers the open-source For You code actually reads: recent actions, mutes, Not interested, snoozed topics.

Konstantin Anisimov · September 26, 2026

X & Threads

How to write an X Article in 2026 (and make it 10x a post)

What an X Article is, who can publish, how the desktop editor works, the two structures that travel, and the six-week posting plan behind Articles that did 10x.

Konstantin Anisimov · September 17, 2026

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Best MCP servers for Claude Code in 2026 (12 picks)

The MCP servers we would put on a new machine today, the exact claude mcp add line for each, what each costs in context, and the two we skip.

Konstantin Anisimov · September 17, 2026

X & Threads

X quotes not showing and reposts missing: what changed in 2026

Reposts hide behind the profile's Posts filter (pick All) or the Reposts tab; a quote is counted but the Quotes list is ranked and filtered. Screens and checks.

Konstantin Anisimov · September 16, 2026

X & Threads

Is X Premium worth it in 2026? Tiers, reach, and what paying creators report

X Premium costs $3, $8 or $40 a month. X documents one ranking change (a boost on replies), and the new Original Content Rewards program pays only subscribers. We compare the tiers, collect real before/after reports from Reddit and X, and run the payout math.

Konstantin Anisimov · September 14, 2026

X & Threads

Twitter / X account suspended: why it happens in 2026, and how to get it back

A Twitter / X suspension locks you out and tells you, unlike a shadowban. Why X suspends accounts in 2026, how to appeal and get your account back, and what ~2,000 burned test accounts revealed about the line and how to stay safe.

Konstantin Anisimov · June 14, 2026

X & Threads

Twitter / X shadowban and bans: what we learned burning ~2,000 test accounts

A Twitter shadowban quietly cuts your reach; a suspension kills the account. We ran ~2,000 automated accounts into the line to find what triggers each, and one pattern caused about 70% of the bans. The difference, every trigger, and how to stay safe.

Konstantin Anisimov · June 13, 2026

Reddit shadowban: how to check, avoid and recover (2026)

Your posts look live to you and nobody sees them. How to check from a logged-out window, the four triggers, and the three ways out. From 200 accounts.

Konstantin Anisimov · June 9, 2026

How to get Reddit karma in 2026: what 200 accounts taught us

From a test across 200 Reddit accounts: daily limits by account type, the formats that earn karma, the repost that pulls thousands, and what gets you flagged.

Konstantin Anisimov · June 9, 2026

X & Threads

X and Twitter automation without bans: what we learned at scale

Use the official API and you're fine? Running X and Threads automation at scale, that was never the line. The real ban triggers we measured, in order.

Konstantin Anisimov · June 9, 2026

X & Threads

How to grow on X in 2026 without going viral: the reply-led playbook

How to grow on X under 10k followers: replying early under bigger accounts beats posting. The mechanic, the reach math, and what keeping it up by hand costs you.

Konstantin Anisimov · June 6, 2026

Reddit bot detection: the signals mods use (2026)

Pangram, the Reddit Bot Detector repo and mod AMAs name the same four signal buckets. Read inverted, they are the rules for an account that never gets flagged.

Konstantin Anisimov · May 18, 2026