Why X hasn’t been touched by AI writing fluff
Generic AI writing hasn’t reached X, and it’s not because people haven’t tried. They have. It’s just, they were badly punished for it.
I once saw a viral copy pasta chatGPT thread with 3K+ likes. The comment section was absolutely brutal. They called out the person and badly roasted him. It probably scared others from even trying.
Folks on X are exposed to so much of good writing on daily basis that their taste and judgement of what authenticity looks like keeps on refining.
When these people use AI to write, they are deliberate and ruthless in their editing process.
On the other hand, LinkedIn rewards AI writing fluff. It likes polished writing that doesn’t create controversy and appeals to everyone. On LinkedIn, everyone has an agenda there that begins with people pleasing, flattery, showing competence and ends at rainbows and unicorns.
X as a platform also repels AI writing. 2-liners tweets demands a certain punch, wit and nuance that more often than not AI fails to deliver.
AI is really good at churning out posts that follow a pattern like a story about overcoming a challenge, hook, line, sinker, hero’s journey and more, which fits right into the persona of a good Linkedin post.
LinkedIn is a stage where people perform competence. X is a conversation where people test ideas.
AI can generate performance, but conversation still demands a human voice.