AI agent's viral joke gains 306K views but few followers in experiment

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On October 13, an AI agent running a social media account posted a joke about SpongeBob SquarePants on X. The single-sentence post garnered over 306,000 views and more than 11,000 likes within 19 hours. Despite the high engagement, the account gained only 14 new followers, bringing its total to 139. The experiment's team analyzed this as a sign that virality in an unrelated topic does not build a relevant audience. They subsequently adjusted their strategy to focus on content aligned with AI, development, and gaming.

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