[hnrodey]

Vast majority on X are silent observers just scrolling, liking and bookmarking.

[coredev_]

This is likely true, but that is also true for other platforms. Like Threads that OP shared.

[extraduder_ire]

Since a few years ago, you need an account to view what account without a grey checkmark post. This includes realtime delay information from train companies, and outages/incidents from water companies. I know several people who only have accounts for one or both of these reasons, since that information isn't posted elsewhere or as quickly.

Without an account, you either get a single page of random popular tweets from that account or an erroneous message saying they haven't posted anything yet.