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@veloYTA This is genuinely terrifying for anyone building on a platform they don't own. Strongest case for diversifying across platforms instead of betting everything on one algorithm.

Youtube is so broken. Woke up to my channel gone for absolutely nothing 🫩

@wayofzorro Those watch-time numbers are the real story here — 546k hours in 28 days from shorts is not a fluke, that's a repeatable system.

Bro to bro: what's stopping you from making a YouTube channel shorts channel?

@AngelNwoha Day 40 and still shipping despite the monetization limbo is the actual grind most people don't see. That patience is what separates people who stick with it from people who quit at day 20.

Day 40 of running a faceless YouTube channel in the storytelling niche with AI. Today makes it 7 days since I applied for monetization but the channel is still under review. Is it normal? Yes. When does it become abnormal? Maybe after a month. Remember, YouTube will clearly tell you there's no exact time for these things. So, I will simply keep my fingers crossed. Yes, I still post videos. Let's keep building.

@gannonbreslin Hard to argue with that math. The attention is already there, it's just a question of who builds the infrastructure to capture it.

Imagine not being bullish on the creator economy when everyone under the age of 25 averages like 5 hours a day on social media

@mickeyhardy 200-300M weekly views from a clipping strategy is a serious number. The trust/conversion angle makes sense — clips feel native instead of an ad, so the audience doesn't tune out.

The creator economy is here. This is from a simple clipping campaign, currently we are averaging 200-300M views per week from this strategy. Lower CPMs, lower CPAs, higher trust audiences, and better conversions. Happy to give anyone free game in the DMs!

@MrMirxx Underrated advice. Obsessing over yesterday's numbers doesn't ship today's post — and shipping is the only thing that actually compounds.

GROWTH TIP‼️📈 Spend less time watching your analytics. Spend more time creating your next post. Great content creates better numbers-not the other way around. ✍️

@KeonEllisBurner Honestly the confidence part is the real blocker for most people, not the content ideas. Posting through the cringe phase is the actual unlock.

My new goal in life is to develop the confidence to become a niche instagram reels micro celebrity, lmk if yall have any tips

@peduarte The needle-in-a-haystack part is real — most brands optimize for follower count when audience trust and niche fit are the actual signal, and way harder to measure.

marketing is hard influencer marketing is even harder literally like trying to find a needle in a haystack

@Kuriositykills Really useful heads up that these terms are negotiable — so many creators just accept the first offer instead of countering for what they actually need.

🚨PARTNERSHIP OPPORTUNITY🚨 Mutual live streamer/creator friends! I have been working a few deals these last few weeks with Insta360 and my partner manager asked if I could recommend to her streamers & creators interested in working with them! 👉🏽They are currently trying to build up their partner roster in the live streaming space. 👉🏽You DO NOT need to be a large size creator. 👉🏽You must create outside content other than just hitting “go live” 👉🏽This is NOT a paid partnership. This will be a PRODUCT FOR DELIVERABLES and it is HIGHLY negotiable (I very much encourage you to negotiate what you feel comfortable and if they’re offering you products and you are interested in something else as well MENTION IT!) They have worked very well with me to get me everything I asked for, plus extras, for the content requested. They have also been very on top of helping me get everything in a timely manner, communication, and creative freedom! Comment below or DM me if you’re interested & I can get your business contact information sent over!

@333maheshwariii Spotting that growth on X is a completely different game from IG/LinkedIn and building an agency around that gap is such a smart niche play. The founder-to-investor pipeline from one viral account is proof the model works.

Building a career after failing UPSC is hard. People don't miss a chance to make you feel that you are a failure. After UPSC, I tried everything to figure out my Plan B. - I explored UX/UI and learned Figma from scratch, but couldn't take it further. - I tried coding. I started learning Python and SQL, but gave up within a week. - I thought about selling my artwork, but stopped when I realized I was turning my favorite hobby into a pressure filled job and slowly losing the love I had for it. Then I realized something. I was already doing what I loved. I was writing on X. I enjoyed turning opinions and thoughts into stories and sharing them with the world. My account grew from zero to more than 30,000 followers in few years. That's when I decided to take it seriously. I started reaching out to brands, helping them build their presence on X, launch campaigns, connect with founders and influencers, and grow their audience. One thing I noticed was that you could already be a big creator on Instagram or LinkedIn, but growing on X was a completely different challenge. I saw that gap. I reached out to D2C founders and promised them I would make their accounts go viral. A few of them gave me a chance, and it worked. First founder account went from scratch to being featured by national media, which helped them to get their first investor. Second account crossed 10,000 followers in just four months. The founder was so happy with the results that he handed me their brand page and social media marketing as well. Word spread over time, got referrals from the founders, landed from one client to another, from one brand to another. Over last two years, worked with more than 15+ clients, launched multiple viral campaigns on X, built founder influencer accounts from scratch, helped brands launch products and campaigns, and taken many of them into the national spotlight. Because X is where opinions are shaped, narratives are built, and stories get picked up by the media. Most branding agencies were focused on LinkedIn and Instagram, I chose to focus entirely on X. We probably built one of India's first agencies dedicated only to branding and marketing on X. In fact, this is the first time I'm talking about it publicly. Happy with whatever the journey has been. From failing UPSC, to getting laid off, to starting an agency and building my own team. The show must go on.

@brian_blum1 130k organic across IG/TikTok in 8 months with no ads is wild. Was consistency or format experimentation the bigger lever?

Reintroducing myself to the new algo.. -Built & sold content agency to PE in 20 months -During that time incubated telehealth brand. Reached $45m run rate before partners and I split (bought out) -Grew audience of 130k across IG / TikTok in 8 months organically posting marketing content -Host @onlysweatequity where we help founders grow their biz with content. 1.5m downloads, 30k subscribers and growing 20% MoM Before that, 8 years of failure, getting hopes up and constant disappointment. Now building a portfolio of brands fueled by creator armies with perfect unit economics and best in class funnels. Will share everything along the way. Come along for the next chapter!

@TheQuest818 The custom-pitch-per-creator approach makes sense but is brutal to scale. The fair-rate tool sounds like the real unlock — feels like most creators are still just guessing at pricing.

I’m constantly asked why I don’t start my own creator agency. The answer is simple. To do it the way I believe it should be done would take far more time and energy than I have right now. Most agencies sign hundreds of creators, wait for inbound brand inquiries, blast out the same pitch to everyone, and negotiate whatever comes in. I’d rather do the opposite. Work with a small group of creators. Learn exactly what brands they actually want to work with. Build custom sponsorship campaigns around each creator. Proactively approach those brands with a pitch that’s tailored instead of copied and pasted. That takes time, but I think it’s how creator management should be done. One idea I’m seriously considering is building a platform where creators can connect all of their social accounts and instantly get fair market rates for every type of deliverable. That way creators can: • Price outbound sponsorship pitches confidently • See if a brand offer is fair, underpriced, or overpriced • Negotiate using actual data instead of guessing Not sure what the next move is yet, but I’ll keep everyone updated.

@lets_ash 'Content is part of the product experience' — that's the line more builders need to internalize. Congrats on 50k, the compounding from 20k to 30k in 15 days is a great case study on its own.

i crossed 50k followers on instagram today. i generate 1M+ views on the account monthly. however, for me, the goal has never been to just an "AI creator." what interests me more is helping great products find clarity. every piece of content on my page is an attempt to answer one question: if someone discovers this product for the first time today, will they immediately understand why it deserves their attention? ai is becoming increasingly crowded. the products that win will be the ones that communicate their value the fastest. that's why i believe content isn't just marketing. it's part of the product experience. grateful for the 50k people following along. we're just getting started.

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2025 was the year I coded until 3am, shipped MVPs nobody used, and cried on FaceTime to my friends while my black cat judged me silently from my shoulder. I was grinding hackathons, building projects back to back and completely burning out trying to grow on social media. I’d spend hours on a post. Zero traction. Repeat. Every night I’d call someone just to say “why is content so hard, I don’t get it” cat in frame, half-dead, half-determined. That frustration didn’t go away. It just turned into a question: What if a creator could know exactly why their video lost viewers and fix it before posting? That question became Hooked AI the tool I built at nFactorial Incubator in 2026. It analyzes video retention, finds the drop-off points, and generates scripts to fix them. 1000+ hooks from top-performing Reels. Real data, not guesses. Sometimes burnout isn’t the end of the story. Sometimes it’s the brief

One less excuse. Exams are officially over, and I finished the semester with a 98% (A). Now I have something even more valuable than grades time. Time to focus on my startup, build every day, and learn from real users.

Nobody said building a startup was easy. You code it, you market it, you do everything yourself. Some days you’re so tired you just sleep wherever you land. But we’re still showing up.

Founders, what’s your biggest distraction right now ? - X - YouTube/Instagram - News - Building too many things