Is Mouth Rubbing Dead? Exclusive Review: How XHunt's Top Influential KOLs Judge InfoFi's Changes Just last night, the InfoFi track experienced its' darkest moment ', but perhaps this was also its belated' coming of age ceremony '. Twitter's product manager @ nikitabier suddenly announced the ban on API permissions for all "reward user posts" apps. The reason is direct and cruel: these applications have created a large amount of AI generated junk content and spammy replies, which have seriously eroded the user experience of the platform. This means that Zeng Hongji's "mouth massage" mode was manually unplugged from the ventilator by the platform. Does the current Twitter timeline make you feel suffocated? Popular tweets are filled with AI generated car talk; The project team has sent hundreds or thousands of whitelists, all of which are neatly arranged matrix numbers. If you don't do a few mouth watering exercises every day, it seems like you've missed out on the whole world, but if you really do them, not only is the return on investment pitifully low, but you'll also be backfired by witch strategies. This is the current dilemma of encrypted marketing: traffic is becoming increasingly expensive, but it is becoming more and more scarce. When the Quest platform turned into a witch training camp, when Agency's promotion turned into a black box game of effect verification, even Kaito, which once sparked the InfoFi wave, gradually fell into the vicious circle of "Yap for Yap's sake". The wheels of history are rolling forward, and InfoFi is going through a painful period of transition from simple "attention capture" to "value interaction". In this context, we have exclusively compiled the in-depth views of 14 top KOLs in the China UK region, divided into three dimensions, to review the industry upheaval that concerns the future of Web3 traffic for you. one ️⃣ InfoFi 1.0 Endgame: A Historical Liquidation on 'Noise Industrialization' It was not X who killed InfoFi, but the wrong KPI orientation that triggered the 'tragedy of the commons'. When interaction becomes simply data stacking, the market will inevitably evolve into the most efficient "screen brushing factory". 1. @ zachxbt (XHunt ranked 6th) https://((((((((((((((x.com))))))))))))))/zachxbt/status/2011842355633275090 Moral judgment: 'Shape on you'. Criticizing InfoFi for creating false data and AI garbage, seriously damaging the ecosystem, and making the platform "unusable" for ordinary users. 2. @ Wuhuoqiu (XHunt ranked 1253/Chinese ranked 51) https://((((((((((((((x.com))))))))))))))/Wuhuoqiu/status/2011961462244401391 The scale of behavior will inevitably lead to industrialization. Consider this ban as a "deleveraging" and "forced hemostasis" of the track. 'Mouth slapping' is just a cold start, life and death depend on the transition from 'unlicensed incentives' to' commercial graded marketing '. 3. @ yueya-eth (XHunt ranked 1310/Chinese ranked 83) https://((((((((((((((x.com))))))))))))))/yueya_eth/status/2011841454101135544 Regarded as a 'historical settlement'. Points make 'noise cheaper than content', and the first to scale up is always the routine. This move by X is cutting off the power supply of the "noise factory" and forcing the track to give up the accumulation of volume, returning from "posting mining" to "doing business" with deliverable results. 4. @ punk2898 (XHunt ranked 2761/Mandarin ranked 205) https://((((((((((((((x.com))))))))))))))/punk2898/status/2011954961832427933 Analogous to 'Cheetah Mobile was unplugged by Google'. Revealed the fatal weakness of the "parasitic business model": the core lifeline (API) is controlled by others, and once the platform tightens, the commercial building collapses instantly. 5. @ Rita 88 (XHunt ranked 3977/Mandarin ranked 301) https://((((((((((((((x.com))))))))))))))/Rita88/status/2011882231019827583 The root cause lies in the lack of "quality consensus". Wrong KPIs lead to 'information industrialization' (spamming). Attempting to settle the most expensive trust with the cheapest noise is destined to become a garbage dump. two ️⃣ Traffic shuffling: Say goodbye to "brushing posts and mining", return to "monetization of influence" The end of the era of verbal manipulation means the reconstruction of traffic logic. The budget will not disappear, but it will shift from being 'distributed to everyone' to being 'invested in the chosen ones'. 6. @ Bitwux (XHunt ranked 940/Chinese ranked 22) https://((((((((((((((x.com))))))))))))))/Bitwux/status/2011981722913816834 InfoFi 1.0 model ends, valuation reshapes. The traffic logic forces a shift from "airdrop incentives" to "brand advertising", benefiting top KOLs who can deliver real value and cherish feathers. Project tokens that cannot be landed will continue to return in value. 7. @ Alvin0617 (XHunt ranked 1786/Mandarin ranked 149) https://((((((((((((((x.com))))))))))))))/Alvin0617/status/2011843556303126876 Kaito Studio essentially returns to the 'Agency model'. The strategic intention is to break out of the stock game of Crypto Twitter and use data capabilities to enter the $200 billion global creator economy (benchmarking against MrBeast). 8. @ 0xLaughing (XHunt ranked 2133/Mandarin ranked 147) https://((((((((((((((x.com))))))))))))))/0xLaughing/status/2011843304833630387 Reverse propose three major beneficiaries: top KOLs (professional content premium return), CEX community (Binance/OKX undertakes traffic migration), and decentralized social (anti censorship narrative reignition). 9. @ BitmanTW (XHunt ranked 2881) https://((((((((((((((x.com))))))))))))))/BitmanTW/status/2011837452609298503 Reject pessimistic arguments. It is believed that API bans have effectively cleared bots, and InfoFi will not disappear. It will evolve towards high signal-to-noise ratio and true contribution through "manual submission+AI review" or "private ranking". three ️⃣ Industry reflection: Shouting for decentralization, but fate is in the hands of Twitter Looking for vitality in a crisis, some see the inevitability of InfoFi's evolution, some see the black humor of Crypto's reliance on centralization, and some defend the project's transformation. 10. @ 0xJeff (XHunt ranked 1559) https://((((((((((((((x.com))))))))))))))/0xJeff/status/2011850822431465640 Satirical the black humor of Crypto: It claims to be a decentralized industry, but relies heavily on the most centralized and unstable (one person dictatorship) platform as a "city square". 11. @ CryptoPainter (XHunt ranked 2253/Chinese ranked 144) https://((((((((((((((x.com))))))))))))))/CryptoPainter/status/2011847014351597789 Stakeholders criticize X for a one size fits all approach. It is predicted that Kaito will shift to a closed mode of "active authentication+data submission". Although it can thoroughly clean up the matrix number, there is concern that the high threshold will lead to a decrease in the willingness of project parties to invest and compress overall revenue. 12. @ CryptoGorilla (ranked 2799 on XHunt) https://((((((((((((((x.com))))))))))))))/CryptoGorilla/status/2011877644954972408 Refuting the theory of insider trading. It is illogical to destroy the business model to make short selling money, and we appreciate the project team's ability to communicate directly with X and quickly transform. Remind the community not to forget the millions of dollars airdrops distributed by the platform and call for rationality. 13. @ fugui8 (XHunt ranked 4021/Mandarin ranked 328) https://((((((((((((((x.com))))))))))))))/fugui8/status/2011837220890820657 Declare the collapse of the classic Yap to Earn narrative. Inventory of the "Top 10 InfoFi Kings" and point out that the track must transform towards "on chain behavior rewards" or "pure data analysis", otherwise it can only be migrated to new battlefields such as Threads. Finally, I would like to solemnly introduce the views of Teddy, the founder of XHunt and also the founder of Biteye, and share his journey in founding XHunt. 14. @ defiteddy2020 (XHunt ranked 1782/Chinese ranked 88) https://((((((((((((((x.com))))))))))))))/DeFiTeddy2020/status/2012087979934969879 Biteye viewpoint: Infofi's' hard landing 'and new journey Based on the review of the 14 KOLs mentioned above, X's ban is not only a circuit breaker, but also a violent correction of the industry evaluation system. It forcibly ended the vicious cycle of "bad coins driving out good coins" mentioned at the beginning, forcing all participants to accept a new reality: the dividend period of "content mining" has passed, and the market is hard landing towards "value screening". InfoFi is not dead, it just removes the false fat and leaves the real skeleton. In 2026, a premium account with genuine perspectives and influence will have commercial value far exceeding that of a hundred matrix accounts that only know how to repeat. This is not the end of InfoFi, but the starting point of the era of refined "attention finance".