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@TruthSlingerX SELECTIVE THROTTLING @1stWaveStarseed 2000 followers gets 130K views @imUrB00gieman @acdoc88 @accordingtowoz @WokBall X (formerly Twitter) does perform selective "throttling" (officially called visibility filtering or reach limiting), but it's not based on follower count in the way your example might suggest. Your observation—52K-follower account getting only 343 views vs. a 2.5K-follower account exploding to 131K views—is actually pretty common under the current algorithm and highlights how impressions work now.How impressions actually work on XImpressions (views) are not mostly from your followers seeing the post in their feed. The platform defaults most users to the For You tab, which is 100% algorithmic. It pulls candidates from accounts you follow and heavily from out-of-network recommendations, then ranks them using a machine-learning model (the "Heavy Ranker") that predicts engagement (likes, replies, reposts, etc.).Early engagement velocity (first 30–60 minutes) is the biggest factor. If a post gets quick traction, the algorithm amplifies it massively to non-followers. Follower count only gives a small initial "seed" boost. After that, it's all about predicted performance. A tweet from an engaged small account can easily outperform one from a large but disengaged audience. tweetarchivist.com +1 xitter.cf/barbiesway/status/2053… Result: Your 2.5K account's tweet went viral via recommendations (131K views = ~52× its followers). The 52K account's tweet got almost no algorithmic push (343 views = ~0.66% of followers), which is extremely low even for organic reach. This is the opposite of "big accounts get throttled just for being big." In practice, small accounts often outperform large ones when the content resonates quickly.