A lot of people say they've stopped enjoying X, yet they still open the app every day.
Is it the breaking news?
The communities?
The memes?
Or is it simply a habit at this point?
What's the main reason you still use X?
One thing I've noticed is that people often only see the end result.
A creator hits 100k followers.
A video goes viral.
A page suddenly blows up.
What they don't see are the months—or even years—of posting with barely any views, testing different ideas, learning the algorithm, improving content, and staying consistent.
Whether it's YouTube, TikTok, Instagram, or Reddit, growing on social media seems to be a lot more like building a business than getting lucky.
Do you think people underestimate how much work goes into growing on social media?
Or do you believe success is mostly about timing and luck?
I feel like we hear this all the time:
"I quit my job because of social media."
"I made my first $10,000 online."
"Anyone can make money with content."
But nobody really explains what they actually do.
If you've ever earned money through social mediavwhether it's YouTube, TikTok, Instagram, Reddit, X, or somewhere else how did you do it?
Was it ad revenue, affiliate marketing, freelancing, selling a product, brand deals, or something completely different?
I'm more interested in hearing real stories than seeing another "guru" video.
If someone was starting today with zero followers, what would you honestly recommend?
Hey folks! I’m a student and tech guy who spends way too much time doing coding stuff, and obsessing over finding the perfect cup of tea. Life has been pretty busy lately, but I’m really missing having genuine, long-term connections where we can just talk about random stuff, share daily life updates, or send each other stupid memes. I also love cinema and talking about my favourite films, so if you're around my age and looking for a real friend to vibe with, hit me up with a quick intro about yourself and your hobbies so we can get a conversation going!
Hey folks! I’m a student and tech guy who spends way too much time doing coding stuff, and obsessing over finding the perfect cup of tea. Life has been pretty busy lately, but I’m really missing having genuine, long-term connections where we can just talk about random stuff, share daily life updates, or send each other stupid memes. I also love cinema and talking about my favourite films, so if you're around my age and looking for a real friend to vibe with, hit me up with a quick intro about yourself and your hobbies so we can get a conversation going!
The sheer level of satisfaction on his face while looking down at his temporary sand upgrade is unmatched.
Chandler and Monica were busy having a life-altering conversation about jellyfish, and Joey was over here living his absolute best life. Prioritization at its finest.
Nothing gives me worse anxiety than sitting in a client meeting while sales promises a fully automated, AI-driven custom architecture that we haven't even scoped out yet. The literal physical restraint it takes to keep your mouth shut is real.
From accidentally raising a baby together (and leaving it on a bus) to riding into the apartment on a giant white ceramic dog, these two had more chemistry than any actual couple on the show.
I thought I’d do a quick, innocent Spring Boot 2.x to 3.x migration before finishing up for the week.
"It'll be easy," they said. "Just update the pom.xml," they said.
Cut to me 6 hours later trying to figure out why SecurityConfigurerAdapter vanished into thin air, rewriting everything into mandatory Lambda DSL syntax, and watching my console spray out infinite loops.
To anyone else currently fighting the SecurityFilterChain or wrestling with deprecated config classes: Drop your current error logs or custom filter nightmares below. Let’s trauma-bond in the comments. 👇
Caught this view on a walk today. The contrast of the bright yellow against the crisp blue sky was way too good not to share. Consider this your daily dose of natural serotonin.
You read a beautiful sign like this, take a deep breath, look at the majestic peaks, feel a profound sense of inner peace... and then realize you have to trek 5 kilometers back uphill to your hotel room.
The character of the local people might have fragrance, but my trackpants definitely won't by the end of this day.
My lungs trying to process what actual "खुशबू" (fragrance) and clean air taste like after living in a metro city where the AQI looks like a high score in a video game.
Genuinely forgot air wasn't supposed to be grey and chewy.
Spent way too long fighting with token expiration and claims, but we finally have liftoff on the auth microservice. Peace out to that bug, I'm going to sleep.
Just a hibiscus doing its thing and casually stealing all the sunlight. 🌞🌺💖
Woke up and both decided to bloom on the same day. The yellow one's been flexing for a week, the orange one finally caught up.
Cheap pot. Basic soil. Mostly ignored them. That's literally it 😭
Marigolds are just built different fr 🧡💛