Father of Smart Contracts: "Recommended for You" Stifles X Platform, Social Networks Will Face a "Digital Property Rights" Counterattack

Deep Tide TechFlow News, January 23rd, the father of smart contracts Nic Carter published a lengthy article pointing out that the X platform is being dominated by the “For You” algorithm, which makes trade-offs between maximizing user dwell time and maintaining a stable connection between creators and fans. Currently, the former is prioritized, resulting in creators being unable to continuously reach their audiences, and consumers being unable to reliably receive content from the creators they follow, thereby damaging the existence of small circles like Crypto Twitter (filter bubbles). Moreover, X’s suppression of external link content is causing long-form and in-depth discussion creators to gradually shift to platforms like Substack that offer predictable reach, which is also draining X’s high-quality content ecosystem. Ordinary users are being pushed more content that is “engaging but low quality,” rather than specific niche content they choose to follow. Nic Carter predicts that a movement advocating for “digital property rights” will emerge in the future, demanding algorithm transparency, protection of creators’ reach rights, and fans’ rights to receive the content they follow.