[Thread] A tech startup founder describes how he made ~$200K in 2021 by ghostwriting tweets for venture capitalists, as a side hustle for five hours per week
👻 Ghostwriting tweets for venture capitalists is the side hustle of the founder of a tech startup (who asked to remain anonymous). Last year he made about $200,000. Here's how he did it, as told to In...
After India's TikTok ban, Meta and Google are battling for the lead in the country's short-video app economy that could generate up to $19B in sales by 2030
Bloomberg : Tweets: @venkatananth Tweets: Venkat Ananth / @venkatananth : some wild numbers from this @business story on india's short-video market: - $19 billion in sales by 2030 - 20% of digital ad...
Social media “war rooms” that are set up to fight misinformation and reported on by the media ahead of the US midterms are nothing more than theater
and ones that speak the same language they post in — you're probably not going to make much of a dent in this stuff” https://www.garbageday.email/ ... Ryan Broderick / @broderick : “Our platform may h...
How advertisers are dealing with Meta's ad price increases prompted by Apple's ATT changes, with some shifting their ad budgets to Google, Amazon, and TikTok
and leaders above them signing off on it — has impacted everyone from Facebook and Shopify to small businesses and DTC brands. To the tune of hundreds of billions of dollars! Glenn Gabe / @glenngabe :...
A deep dive into the CEO and history of Telegram, which has about 30 core employees, minimal content moderation, and, until recently, no ongoing revenue
Hundreds of millions of users. No algorithm. No ads. Courage in the face of autocracy. Sound like a dream? Careful what you wish for. Tweets: @venkatananth , @tinch , @brianfishman , @brianfishma...
An examination of Chamath Palihapitiya-sponsored SPACs, including Clover Health, which have plunged 50% on average after the SPAC market hit its peak in mid-Feb
One morning last October, as wildfires raged across Northern California, President Donald Trump convalesced from Covid‑ … Tweets: @bw , @lopezlinette , @eliotwb , @business , @bw , @venkatananth , @pi...
A look at the challenges of podcast moderation: the difficulty of finding infringing content, the plethora of players, and philosophical objections to the idea
Ashley Carman / The Verge : Tweets: @venkatananth , @mkadin , and @ashleyrcarman See also Mediagazer Tweets: Venkat Ananth / @venkatananth : Good read on the impossible problem of moderating podcasts...
Indian developers are using India's TikTok ban to experiment with new apps and potentially to take back control over India's digital economy from foreign rivals
In the wake of India's ban on Chinese apps, local developers are scrambling to come up with the next best thing. Tweets: @venkatananth Tweets: Venkat Ananth / @venkatananth : Good story. Read. India's...
Many of Parler's biggest cheerleaders, who repeatedly denounce the incumbent social networks, are more active on Twitter and Facebook than Parler
all your friends are still are on the old platform. Despite all the talk about mass exodus from censorship, Parler is still “microscopic” compared to Twitter and Facebook. https://www.washingtonpost.c...
Many of Parler's biggest cheerleaders, who repeatedly denounce the incumbent social networks, are more active on Twitter and Facebook than Parler
all your friends are still are on the old platform. Despite all the talk about mass exodus from censorship, Parler is still “microscopic” compared to Twitter and Facebook. https://www.washingtonpost.c...