It's probably not "the more you pay the more interactions you get", but there definitely is "if you pay, you get more interactions". Blue checks are boosted in top of replies etc., and is ironically often the exact people you don't want to see.

When X premium came out they said if I paid my tweets would be boosted more. I didn't pay, and my account with a few hundred followers went from 100ish views per average tweet to 10.

If you think you don't need to pay for engagement on there I can only assume you're paying for it and unaware of the difference.

Doesn’t matter what it is called. You can buy interactions, that’s like buying fake followers.

With a double edged sword - they also removed the organic engagement you previously would have gotten

> You can buy interactions

You're describing advertisment in general. Same with FB. If I throw enough money at a posting ad, I will gain interactions.

You're missing the point. There's a difference between buying an ad, something that's clearly marked as an ad and inserted as an ad, vs having your normal posts appear organic but still getting put in front of more people.

Or, it's mainly the opposite. If you don't pay, you no longer get the organic, not even from your own followers.

On FB ads are not very clearly marked - the "sponsored" in grey lettering is not very noticeable.

They also promote anything that gets engagement which leads to showing people a lot of very nasty stuff.

if you go to the premium section and look at the benefits it literally says (from memory) if you pay 3.5€/month you get a small boost on interactions for your tweets. If you pay 5€/month you get a bigger boost on interactions if you pay (I don't remember how much it is) 22€/month ~ you get the biggest boost for your tweets.

That to me sounds like if you don't pay, you're going to be in the bottom of the feed for everyone else.

I just looked and it doesn't say that. It only says that you have a higher chance to show up in front of other users in the reply section. It does not say that Premium Plus gets more of a boost than Premium. It is not a perk of Basic.