X Growth Hack: Piggyback on High-Follower Accounts using Quote-Tweets

Greg Kamradt recently shared a summary about OpenAI’s Pre-Training GPT-4.5 video.

His first tweet, which included an image and summarized the content, only reached 2,200 views. This was despite X’s current emphasis on visual posts, i.e, images and videos are pushed more on the feed.

Surprisingly, Kamradt’s similar quote-tweet performed dramatically better.

This tweet lacked an image and started abruptly, with no polished opening. Even though it was hastily written (copy-pasted), it achieved 71,000 views—a 32x increase over the original.

Note that both have the exact same content except the original tweet has few more intro-points.

Leveraging High-Follower Accounts Amplifies Reach

The quote-tweet targeted Sam Altman’s account, which has 3.6 million followers.

Altman’s original tweet about the GPT-4.5 video had already reached 1.6 million views.

By engaging with a high-follower account, Kamradt tapped into a broader audience, significantly boosting his own visibility.

Algorithmic Favoritism Compounds Over Time

This strategy isn’t just a one-off win. Consistently applying this hack accumulates views, signaling to the algorithm that Kamradt’s content is valuable.

Over time, this increases his exposure, as the platform prioritizes his tweets for more users.

Kamradt’s example proves that minor adjustments in tweet format and targeting can lead to exponential engagement growth.

By quote-tweeting high-follower accounts, he turned a boring summary into a viral moment.

This approach is about understanding how the platform works and using it to your advantage. Every platform has their own quote-tweet version, such as TikTok with Remixes or using Trending Music. Apply the same concept on other socials and watch your reach grow.

Top Tweets of the day

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I've been having interesting breakthroughs in AI recently only because I've honed my question-asking skills for years.

My favorite question right now: "Figure out 5 ways in which this bug might occur." And one of the responses is the closest to the answer or sometimes the correct answer.

Vibe coding can only take you so far. Being an expert in a field allows you to use AI much better than just being a noob at it. Time in the market is underrated.

One way to overcome this is Deep Research but haven't tried it in a field I know nothing about. It'd be an interesting case-study.

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2 things:

1. Ride the wave: Creatine is getting popular among knowledge workers now. Just had my first scoop today.

2. Arbitrage opportunity: It is cheap. $5 can be sold for $20-$40 with a nice packaging.

And obviously women make for great buyers.

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TikTok still underrated. Not shabby for a <48 hours app.

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