X's Mass Bot Removal Disrupts Users' Private Accounts for Curating Adult Content

Wed, 15 Apr 2026 18:58:00 +0200

X (formerly Twitter) has intensified its campaign against automated accounts, suspending thousands of bots at a rate of 208 per minute as announced by head of product Nikita Bier. While the effort aims to clean up spam, fake, and inactive profiles, it has also removed many legitimate human-operated 'alt' accounts that users created to privately follow, bookmark, and engage with niche pornographic content, particularly from OnlyFans creators. These secret accounts, often used for years without posting publicly, were flagged by automated systems as suspicious due to low activity or patterns resembling spam. Users like celebrity influencer Justin Diego reported losing long-curated collections of solo and masturbation videos, with no violations of platform rules. Similar complaints flooded the platform, with users mourning 'gooner accounts' built over six years and comparing the loss to the burning of the Library of Alexandria. X's broader moderation challenges under Elon Musk include stru