Nick Kaufman

Whenever someone at work asked me why certain trends take off while others fade, I’d show them this. Uploaded 14 years ago by @sivers , it uses a viral moment to break down leadership, and also reveals the mechanics behind evergreen trends.

@jackduval I just tell people I trade attention

we gotta seriously start calling memecoins anything else other than the word "memecoin" telling a normie you trade memecoins is on par with telling them you abuse women and sell fent to babies this stigma is like an immovable wall that can be avoided entirely with simple rebranding

Locked in my two trenchers. Congrats to @grizzle_art on the launch!

Happy anniversary

The reaction to the Citrini article online was way too emotional. Trends this far ahead can't be predicted with a high probability. The world is too chaotic. Before influencing any type of decision-making, a trend has to be recognized and adopted first. Once you have confirmation, then you just focus on the next step. Every catalyst after that next step requires pattern matching and research to get right with a high probability. Better to be right than first.

I cannot escape FAHHHH

One trend that's nowhere near X but starting to blow up on TikTok is the Dany Slicer vs James Pierce battle. These are two AI characters who are adversaries trying to outmog each other. Dany Slicer in particular is getting a lot of creates as a meme. He's being called the "CEO of evil corp." James Pierce is the "hero," or the "CEO of hope corp." This has grown because it sits in the Clavicular interest cluster, sort of an ironic response where all you need to framemog is a good song, montage, and some lore. It's still early. There’s enough world building here that it could evolve into something much bigger.

@Aron_Sol7 I had similar concerns. Given the macro environment, it may take bundles to get things going.

@NickWK I bought it when i saw your post at 38k and then saw the bundle it had and exited. Unfortunate lol.

What's interesting about $CIA is that its growth was unlikely. There was only one creator (a user named bamboclot) making these memes, so scale was small. But around the time $CIA was created, other random accounts started using bamboclot's template to make more. It's now reaching close to its apex, with creators commenting and reenacting the clips themselves. The next stage for it to reach Penguin levels of attention, aside from Kiriakou himself addressing it, is posts hitting X with a higher frequency from big accounts.

Looks like this group launched a token 2 days after my post below. Given current macro factors, launching a token the moment a TikTok trend hits works worse now. Better move: wait a few days for a coordinated group to launch and buy in early if you can. x.com/i/communities/…

The answer: 8 days x.com/NicosCalls/sta…

My fyp is nonstop memed clips of John Kiriakou telling crazy CIA stories. I think it's because Epstein has been a dominant topic and they're in the same content cluster.

Crypto trying to get a relief rally

@shillaccount8 Something to consider: The dev for Penguin did absolutely nothing publicly. You know who did? The devs for butwhy.

@NickWK creating x comm, and shilling, I think it's a good narrative and it's too big of a waste to just make it an experiment

I made a token based off the "That's My Man" prank on TikTok rn. It's nowhere on X and since ESPN posted it's likely to be adopted by more mainstream accounts. Not sharing the CA, but I can confirm no one has made a version yet.

@shillaccount8 What does "push it" mean to you

@NickWK are you going to push it or nah?

Sharing here mostly as an experiment to see if it will get vamped and how long it will take.

@trenchie456 There are several potential catalysts for the trend to grow on and off-platform. Wouldn't be surprised if some $penguin holders saw similar potential. We'll see

@NickWK agree think this makes big headlines soon

A possible solution may mean doing a complete wipe of every account you follow, unless you truly love their content & reposts.

Over the past few days, the videos on TikTok being served are weighted quite different. More mutuals-based posts, more mainstream news accounts, less niche UGC. The acquisition makes it feel 50% closer to YouTube Shorts. Curious what this means for meme growth off platform.

@jeremymandel @mickeymantled @BagsApp @finnbags @mvanhorn lmaooo