Too many or unrelated (trending) hashtags
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Reduced reachHow serious: Worth fixingXSpam and misleading tricks
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Check a video freeWhat triggers it
Many hashtags unrelated to the video, or trending hashtags added to pull attention to unrelated content, accounts or products.
What X says
“posting with excessive, unrelated hashtags in a single post or across multiple posts;”
How to fix it
Use one or two relevant hashtags or none. Remove trending tags unrelated to the video.
Good to know
X publishes no numeric limit.
Can FYProof spot it?
A full check of your video looks for it in what's shown, what's said, the caption and the hashtags. What a check finds is an estimate, not a guarantee.
- Video: looked at for this rule
- Speech: looked at for this rule
- On-screen text: not for this rule
- Caption: looked at for this rule
- Hashtags: looked at for this rule
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