Elon Musk's X suddenly has a lot of 'articles.' I'm not sure I want to read them.
X, a place for Articles. Jakub Porzycki/NurPhoto X is promoting its "articles" feature by running a $1 million contest for the most viral article. An article about self-help recently went viral. Self-contained articles on X are missing out on the vibrant conversations around news that old Twitter had. In the past few days on X, you haven't been able to escape a certain post that's gone viral. It offers to teach you " How to fix your life in 1 day ." It's an "article," a newish feature that allows paid users to publish longer posts. What, exactly, are these new articles, and why are they everywhere? Let's start with the "How to fix your life" article, which has been retweeted more than 54,000 times. Its author, self-help writer Dan Koe, didn't respond to my DM asking to talk about his post. His article outlines steps to shifting your mindset to achieve goals. (This may be very appealing to people who have goals or s...
