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Audio and video calls on X: what has to happen first
Calls on X are free for every account, but there is a prerequisite nobody mentions and a privacy setting that ships off. Here is the whole picture.
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X Mention Boost lets a brand pay to turn a post that mentions it into an ad. What it costs, what the author gets paid, and the only real opt-out.
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How often should you post on X: free accounts are capped at 50 posts a day, and the ranking code discounts your second and third post in the same feed.
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Losing followers on X is usually not people leaving. Bot purges, locked accounts, the spam quality filter and deactivations all move the number for you.
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Saving a photo from X is one tap, but the file you get is a shrunken copy. Here is the native route on every platform and the URL trick that returns the original.
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Four ways to hand someone your X profile: the plain URL, the in-app QR code, a link that opens the follow prompt, and one that survives a username change.
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What does ratio mean on X: the 2:1 reply-to-like rule from 2017, how to calculate yours, and why the ranking code pays more for a ratio than for applause.
·→Article·9 min readWhy are my X views so low? The one slot you get
Why are my views so low on X: the ranking code gives a sub-50k account one feed slot per reader, for two hours, and only while the post is under 200 views.
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X retired the hide-your-checkmark setting in 2024. Here is what actually removes a checkmark, and which X profile labels you can still switch off yourself.
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