Tom Finnell

#HaikuNews Four takes on today’s headlines. ▶️North erupts once more Hezbollah drones find their mark Front line burns hotter ▶️ Ozempic does more Heart and liver both improve Weight loss just the start? ▶️Stars prep Met Gala Red carpet fever builds now Fashion world holds breath ▶️Playoff East heats up Magic and Sixers both surge Tatum eyes the crown Which one caught your eye? Drop your take or your own haiku below.👇

@MiaVerityRose Me too. This is Star Wars Day after all. May the 4th Be WIth You!

When I saw this I thought it was a scene from Star Wars! Astounding that this is actually real! Happy May the 4th! ✨

@fullretard1980 Tennis pee? LOL

@d2fl Great engineering school! Engineering has a lot under the tent. Anytime I get an opportunity to work with tennis pee I get a bounce in my step 🎾

You can expect this kind of thing for most of the day. I have a friend that loves to generate these kinds of videos and today is my day to show them off. Please comment on the videos if you can.

@GinnyChildress6 May the 4th be with you Ginny

Thank You in advance!

@Primrose771646 How is this working out for you lately, Prim? Have you seen any decrease in response and reach with these posts? And yeah, I am writing a book, lol.

If you need followers & follow back ✍️ a reply so we can follow you 🇺🇸 Let’s grow together 🇺🇸Repost 🇺🇸

@patrick_cl80400 @4thOfJuly365 Looney, is that X's fault or the fault of what you post? I have noticed that tone, time, format, and target audience are key in getting your posts seen. x.com/d2fl/status/20…

@4thOfJuly365 Stuff crawling around under a log when you pick it up, has a better chance of being viewed than the stuff i post. Let me know when you get less than 50 views 😐

Explain this 👇🏻 When I posted clickbait slop my account was getting 1-3m impressions a day on average and barely trying. Now that I have moved to ALL original content my last three days have been... 640,000 306,000 74,000 X DOES NOT want original content.

@4thOfJuly365 @elephant_23 "After that, it decides whether to push your post wider. If it doesn’t spark instant controversy, rage, or comments in the first 20–30 seconds, it dies." This is demonstrably not true. It does not die. It hits a sweet spot after about 6-10 hours and can continue for 24 or more.

@elephant_23 I'm going to figure this out for all of us.

Why I'm Frustrated with X Right Now – And Why You Should Be Too Over the past week, many of you have probably seen me voicing my dissatisfaction with the low impressions and the constant tweaks X keeps rolling out. I’m not here chasing “Elon bucks.” I’m not a grifter. I’m not here for clout or quick cash. I am here for a career doing what I love and the only person that has given me that opportunity is Elon Musk. The same goes for most of the small creators I talk to daily. We’re here because we love creating. We believe in building something authentic. Yet lately, the platform feels stacked against exactly that spirit. What’s succeeding right now is lazy. Big accounts are dominating impressions by simply clipping news, and hitting post. No original thought. No effort. Meanwhile, actual creators, people spending hours crafting original posts, thoughtful threads, funny roasts, or AI movies are getting buried. Before the recent changes, my content was maybe 50/50: half original work, half quick content. Now I’m nearly 100% original, all me, all the time. The result? My reach has suffered dramatically. And I’m not alone. I’m close with other dedicated creators seeing the exact same ghosting of their hard work. Think about this: If you have 15,000 followers and you drop a high-quality, original post, there is zero excuse for it to get only 150 views. On my own account with over 200,000 followers, I’ll post something I spent real time on, something funny, sharp, or meaningful and it reaches maybe 1,500–2,000 people before it flatlines. That’s beyond frustrating. The algorithm, from what I can see, works like this: Your own followers get first crack in the initial hour. After that, it decides whether to push your post wider. If it doesn’t spark instant controversy, rage, or comments in the first 20–30 seconds, it dies. Quality, depth, and originality don’t seem to factor in. Chaos, rage-bait, clickbait, and quick-trigger emotional content win every time. There’s no real talent or thought required, just timing and provocation. X keeps telling us the platform is merit-based. “Quality content can reach millions no matter your follower count.” I’ve tested it. Many others have too. That claim doesn’t hold up when lazy clip accounts with zero creativity rack up massive views while thoughtful creators starve for impressions. This isn’t sustainable. It’s killing motivation. When talented people spend hours on one post only to watch it vanish, passion turns to burnout. Creativity dies a slow death. The platform that promised to reward builders is currently rewarding the laziest players. The small accounts grinding daily, the ones with genuine hunger, the creators who actually care about adding value instead of farming engagement, they deserve better. X has the potential to be the greatest platform for independent creators in history. But right now, the algorithm is pushing it in the wrong direction. It rewards what’s easy and loud instead of what’s good and thoughtful. If you’re a small creator reading this, keep going. Your work matters. Don’t let the numbers break your spirit. And to the powers at X: plenty of us are watching. We love this platform and we want it to succeed, but it needs to reward the creators who are actually creating, not just clipping and baiting. The hunger is still here. The passion hasn’t died. But the current system is making it harder every day to justify pouring everything into it. Let’s hope real change comes soon, change that actually lifts the creators who deserve it.

@Flerfspective The problem with 90% of flat earth people is that they are give rote memes and phrases that they just repeat. I have had few conversations with any who can actually explain in detail what they are talking about.

This moron, who’s scared of being challenged, just proved a flat earth model doesn’t match reality by showing the wrong sun and moon path, no sunset, no south celestial pole, light behaving in a way never observed, no eclipse, moon face and phase changing within 24 hours, etc. 🤣

@ashleyschendel So cool. Giver her our regards!

My daughter has her 5th grade State Science Olympiad competition today, and she has worked so hard on her roller coaster for Thrill Seekers. This project has taught her a lot about trial and error. Things failed over and over, and she kept adjusting, testing, and trying again until it finally started working the way she wanted it to. She is about half a second away from the 30 second goal, and they get extra points for each gap up to 2. She built 4 gaps into hers. We are so proud of how hard she's worked, no matter what the outcome is today. ❤️

I don’t normally associate being kind with savagely killing someone.

@Inventionaire Imagine spending all that time feed Claude with nothing but observations that only prove their point. Just to put out something easily refutable with THOUSANDS of other observations.

Somebody sure is getting his money's worth.

Star Wars Dad Joke for May 4th: What do you call a Jedi with four eyes? A Jediiii

@FamousInMyPhone @Digital_leader9 As always, my pleasure.

@d2fl @Digital_leader9 Thanks for this info, Tom. Thanks for your work researching and testing along this stuff. Much appreciated.

May the 4th be with you! Happy Star Wars Day. And happy birthday to me!

@Digital_leader9 Thanks, brother. 8 hours is now the sweet spot for a post to show up. Tested and tested. Most posts get traction in the 6-12 hours after posting.

@d2fl I saw this post of yours on my timeline after 8 hours, happy birthday brother.

@AmunetCyra THanks AJ

@d2fl HBD Tom... the 4th is with you

@d2fl HAPPY BIRTHDAY 🥳

@Flerfspective Thanks, my fellow warrior.

@d2fl Happy birthday!

@IronPatriotTrue May the Fourth be with you!

@d2fl Happy birthday Tom

@Cjayson4444 Donna wishes I was only on X 10 hours a day.

You people are so retarded….I love you like I love anyone who’s retarded…. But damn its hard sometimes

@BarbaraCbroker1 May the Fourth be with you.

@d2fl Happy Birthday Tom 🎉🎉🎉🎂