Is one report really worth 354 likes?
Short answer
No. That viral claim misreads the code. The weights multiply each viewer's predicted chance of reporting or muting you, not your real report count. X said so in August 2026.
It's still true that anything likely to annoy people, such as bait, rage, off-topic rants or flooding the feed, drags a post down hard, because those weights are so large.
Source: param.rs; X statement, Aug 2026