𝕏 is the Apple of social media!
They set the standard. Other platforms usually follow later.
X pushed hard on only rewarding original content. Instagram moved first. Now YouTube is doing the same with Shorts, cutting reach for aggregator accounts that just reupload other people’s work.
Community Notes proved how useful crowdsourced context can be. Meta openly copied the idea.
When X ships something that works, the rest of the industry tends to catch up.