https://twick.ing/blog Guides from the Twick team on replying on X (Twitter), keeping your account safe, and writing replies without AI slop. en https://twick.ing/blog/how-to-grow-on-x https://twick.ing/blog/how-to-grow-on-x Fri, 16 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMT A plan for growing on X (Twitter) in 2026, built on what X’s open-source ranking code rewards: replies first, your own posts, your profile and a safe pace. https://twick.ing/blog/how-the-x-algorithm-works https://twick.ing/blog/how-the-x-algorithm-works Fri, 16 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMT What X’s open-source code says about the For You feed: where posts come from, the weights for likes, replies and reports, and what it means for your replies. https://twick.ing/blog/x-shadowban https://twick.ing/blog/x-shadowban Fri, 16 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMT X says it doesn’t shadowban, but it does limit reach. How to see the labels on your own account with X’s Under the Hood report, and what each label means. https://twick.ing/blog/x-under-the-hood-labels https://twick.ing/blog/x-under-the-hood-labels Fri, 16 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMT Every label X’s Under the Hood report can show, in plain words: what it means, who still sees your posts, and what to do about it. From X’s own code. https://twick.ing/blog/how-to-get-followers-on-x https://twick.ing/blog/how-to-get-followers-on-x Fri, 16 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMT How to get your first 100 followers on X (Twitter) from zero: who to reply to and why, what to post, how to set up your profile, and a first month that works. https://twick.ing/blog/how-to-write-a-good-reply https://twick.ing/blog/how-to-write-a-good-reply Fri, 16 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMT How to reply on X (Twitter), how X ranks the replies under a post, and how to write replies people answer, with five kinds of good replies and real examples. https://twick.ing/blog/best-time-to-post-on-x https://twick.ing/blog/best-time-to-post-on-x Fri, 16 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMT What three 2025 and 2026 studies say about the best time to post on X (Twitter), how fast a post’s views fade, and why the best time to reply is the first hour. https://twick.ing/blog/x-advanced-search https://twick.ing/blog/x-advanced-search Fri, 16 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMT How to use X (Twitter) advanced search, every operator X’s own search form writes, and ready searches that find fresh posts and questions worth replying to. https://twick.ing/blog/engagement-farming https://twick.ing/blog/engagement-farming Fri, 16 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMT What engagement farming and engagement bait mean, what they look like on X (Twitter), what X did about them in 2024 to 2026, and how to grow without them. https://twick.ing/blog/x-rate-limit-exceeded https://twick.ing/blog/x-rate-limit-exceeded Fri, 16 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMT Why X (Twitter) says Rate limit exceeded, the daily limits on posts, replies, DMs and follows in 2026, how long the pause lasts, and what to do about it. https://twick.ing/blog/how-to-make-money-on-x https://twick.ing/blog/how-to-make-money-on-x Fri, 16 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMT X closed Creator Revenue Sharing in September 2026. What pays now: Original Content Rewards and Subscriptions, what you need, and where replies fit. https://twick.ing/blog/how-the-threads-algorithm-works https://twick.ing/blog/how-the-threads-algorithm-works Fri, 16 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMT What Meta says the Threads algorithm predicts, why replies get almost half of all views, what lowers your reach, and how to grow on Threads with replies. https://twick.ing/blog/signs-of-ai-writing https://twick.ing/blog/signs-of-ai-writing Fri, 16 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMT The signs of AI writing that research and Wikipedia’s editors agree on, which ones no longer work, and how well people really spot AI text, with examples. https://twick.ing/blog/what-is-ai-slop https://twick.ing/blog/what-is-ai-slop Fri, 16 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMT What AI slop means, where the word came from, and real examples in replies, posts, emails and articles, with how to spot it and keep it out of yours. https://twick.ing/blog/ai-words-and-phrases https://twick.ing/blog/ai-words-and-phrases Fri, 16 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMT The words and lines that give away ChatGPT writing, what research found about them, and the plain words to use instead in your posts and replies. https://twick.ing/blog/why-ai-uses-em-dashes https://twick.ing/blog/why-ai-uses-em-dashes Fri, 16 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMT Why ChatGPT and other AI models filled their writing with em dashes, what the numbers show, why the newest models stopped, and what to write instead. https://twick.ing/blog/x-suspended-inauthentic-behavior https://twick.ing/blog/x-suspended-inauthentic-behavior Fri, 16 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMT What X means by inauthentic behavior, the reply habits its policy names, how to appeal a suspension, and what we learned when we lost an account. https://twick.ing/blog/we-lost-a-twitter-account https://twick.ing/blog/we-lost-a-twitter-account Fri, 16 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMT Our brand account on X was limited, then suspended, while we replied all day with ChatGPT drafts. What happened, what X told us, and why we built Twick. https://twick.ing/blog/x-account-locked-limited-suspended https://twick.ing/blog/x-account-locked-limited-suspended Fri, 16 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMT Locked, limited, labeled or suspended: four different states on X. What X says causes each one, what you see, how to get out, and how long it lasts. https://twick.ing/blog/show-probable-spam https://twick.ing/blog/show-probable-spam Fri, 16 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMT What sits behind the Show probable spam button on X, what X says puts a reply there, and how to keep your own replies in the main thread.