I have over 8,000 verified followers, but I'm getting just 100 verified impressions a day. 😭 Calm down. Let me explain to you. First, What Did X Say? According to X's official "Original Content Rewards guidelines" (help.x.com/en/using-x/origin…), qualified impressions must meet these conditions: - The viewer must be an X Premium subscriber. - Your post must appear on their Home Timeline. - At least 50% of your post must be visible on the screen. - The same account cannot generate multiple counted impressions on the same post. - Paid, promoted, artificially generated, and fraudulent impressions don't qualify. Original content matters too. Simply copying another creator's content without adding meaningful value may make your post ineligible for rewards. Now, What Really Counts? An impression is when your post is displayed to someone. An engagement is an interaction with your post. X's analytics glossary includes clicks on your post's text, username, profile photo, media, links, likes, and replies as engagements. But remember, an engagement doesn't automatically qualify as a monetizable impression. Your post must meet X's requirements. That's why you need to understand not just how people interact with your posts, but also which impressions qualify. So, What Should I Do, and What Should I Never Do? To understand what you should do, you first need to understand what you should never do. Knowing X's rules isn't enough if you don't understand how to apply them when using the app. What You Should Never Do Look at the buttons at the bottom of your X screen. They show you which section you're using. When the Home button isn't white, you're not on your Home Timeline. You can discover posts and engage with them through Notifications, Messages, and Search. But don't assume every interaction generates qualified impressions. Stop engaging from Notifications. You can open posts, like comments, reply to people, view quotes, and interact with content directly from Notifications. You might be trying to support your favourite creator, but don't assume those interactions generate qualifying impressions for them. Stop engaging from Messages. You're chatting with someone, open their profile, find an interesting post, and follow a quote to another person's post. One thing leads to another, and you've spent 20 minutes engaging with different creators. You've been active, but don't assume those interactions generate qualified impressions for them. Stop engaging from Search. This is probably the easiest trap to fall into. You search for a post, find what you're looking for, and start scrolling, liking, replying, and opening quotes. The experience feels almost exactly like your Home Timeline, so it's easy to forget you're still in Search. Before you know it, you've spent 20 minutes engaging with other creators, thinking you're supporting them. Always pay attention to which section you're using. So now you can see that the algorithm isn't necessarily working against you. Rather you're are working against it. So, How Do I Fix This? The solution isn't just to engage more. It's to understand where you should be engaging and how to create content that earns qualified impressions. What Should I Do? 1. Make your Home Timeline your starting point. Look at the image highlighted in green. The Home button is active. Open X and tap Home at the bottom of your screen. This takes you to your Home Timeline, where you can discover posts from people you follow and recommended content. 2. Discover posts and engage directly from Home. Find posts you genuinely want to engage with. Read them, like them, reply to them, or join the conversation. If you want to visit someone's profile, open it from their post on your Home Timeline. You can explore their other posts and engage with content that interests you.