@vansh22b @FraserSpivey1 @ycombinator @garrytan @snowmaker Because you are rage baiting a specific audience. Rage baiting India or Israel does nothing for your startup. But lying about YC definitely gets you on the radar
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Thiago
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@FraserSpivey1 @ycombinator @garrytan @snowmaker why will i do engagement bait like this? this will give 10k views at max bc yc is very niche,
I would rather ragebait on israel, india instead where views can be much higher.
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A @ycombinator partner (very active on X) asked me for $250k with a guarantee acceptance to their next batch😭
He said you'll raise few millions after batch anyways so 250k will be nothing.
What happened to yc😭😭
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@Zac_Pundi Very presumptuous to assume nothing happens in that region over the next couple years
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Singapore has perfected the art of "if you last long enough and don't mess up, you win."
It long played second fiddle to Hong Kong — until Hong Kong self-imploded after Occupy, Dubai got caught near regional war, and Indonesia fell into current limbo. None of it Singapore's doing.
Now wealthy individuals are queueing up to open Singapore bank accounts. Gone are the 2010s of Singapore RMs flying to Shanghai just to open an account for a $2M "promised" deposit.
With this signal, expect the house price pump and the Michelin five-stars to make a return.
Singapore didn't win the race. It just outlasted everyone else in it. Literally last man standing 剩者为王.
Bloomberg@business
Singapore’s financial regulator is working with private banks to shorten account opening time using a “risk-appropriate” approach, as the city-state rises in importance as a wealth management hub bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
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@adamlyttleapps When they pay on web how do you attribute it to their install?
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Woke up to my 3 screen funnel converting another trial
Holding strong with >5% conversion 🤩
I'm assuming the meta ads are still in learning phase too. Needs 7 conversions a day to break out (50 a week)
Adam Lyttle@adamlyttleapps
Scrapped TikTok ads Focused on meta ads Switched from turning intent from download → purchase Got a trial signup within hours Coincidence?
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@adamlyttleapps That’s what I found out as well. Long onboarding for my niche doesn’t work at all.
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Finally making some progress
1.84x ROAS
(For every dollar spent on marketing today I got $1.84)
Key learnings so far:
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1. Increased prices to $49.99/yr or $14.99/m
With better margins you can afford $24.85 per acquisition. You can survive metas learning phase!
ASO pricing doesn’t work. You can’t afford weekly pricing and wait for them to stay subscribed for weeks. You need revenue quick (cashflow)
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2. Created a web2app funnel (built my own)
App Store traffic is EXPENSIVE. And downloads are binary (either they download or they don’t.. no in between)
Plus: you gotta install all the arbitration stuff in your app. I really can’t be bothered.
Instead I’ve been building a app2web flow
Tried replicating cal ai and simply piano 32+ step flow but most people never got to the paywall
Instead I stripped it down to 3 screens:
Hero, testimonial, paywall
Then A/B tested these screens endlessly until I started to get conversions
Spoiler: today it’s converting (finally)
3. Feed the meta pixel as much data as possible
My funnel triggers data each step of the way. This helps meta find the right users who will progress through the funnel.
Hardest part seems to be training the algorithm for the right users who purchase. But you need people purchasing to train. Catch 22
Trickle feeding the algorithm each step of the way seems to help meta nudge in the right direction.
Adam Lyttle@adamlyttleapps
Scrapped TikTok ads Focused on meta ads Switched from turning intent from download → purchase Got a trial signup within hours Coincidence?
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@adel_ljaljic Traffic had low intent for my niche
Lots of clicks
Not many people even clicking on the first button
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Scrapped TikTok ads
Focused on meta ads
Switched from turning intent from download → purchase
Got a trial signup within hours
Coincidence?
Adam Lyttle@adamlyttleapps
Meta ads vs TikTok traffic quality comparison Day 1: I'm running the same ad on both networks. Visitors are shown a landing page with a link to the App Store: Results: TikTok: CPC: $0.02 App Store download clicks: 1 clicks (0.2%) Meta: CPC: $0.58 App Store download clicks: 4 clicks (11%) TikTok traffic costs less. But traffic is not as good quality. Less people actually showing any intention in the actual app.
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@benjaminshafii Stop straw manning x.com/thiago_linn/st…
Thiago@thiago_linn
@benjaminshafii @atelicinvest @levelsio Nah you’re terrible person because you don’t care enough to do basic things but are happy to sling mud at more accomplished people and their craft. If your current state is the peak of your craft then instead of being jealous it could be more productive to become better yourself
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As people have pointed out, I'm a terrible person and my arguments are invalid because I lost access to my own [firstname][lastname].com domain
Therefore I decided to remove it from my X account.
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@benjaminshafii @atelicinvest @levelsio Nah you’re terrible person because you don’t care enough to do basic things but are happy to sling mud at more accomplished people and their craft. If your current state is the peak of your craft then instead of being jealous it could be more productive to become better yourself
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@atelicinvest @levelsio I'm a terrible person because I didn't renew my personal website domain and someone used it.
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. @levelsio pioneered the “my product barely works has no craftsmanship but, hey it sells”
I’m not going to argue the opposite. But having used multiple of his products never ever felt a single ounce of joy.
And that won’t change.
Why are people looking up to him again?
@levelsio@levelsio
I don't write code anymore I haven't written code in I think 6 months? I think everyone is like this no?
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i havent taken any sponsors yet - only offers have been either $100 for a post (💩) or crypto gambling (🤡)
if i did take a sponsor, it would be clearly mentioned - just like how i do with my own products (i.e. swaptok)
Mehhhssi 🐐 (Fan Account)@Mehhhssi
@athcanft Will is this a paid ad, I genuinely take your advice on pretty much everything - so I’m easily to spend money if it has your stamp of approval but I also worry if this is just a promo :/
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@jackfriks If you move to coolify + hetzner it means you can pretty much move to any cloud provider at will. No lock in since coolify is self hosted. AWS + coolify or DO + coolify etc
If you use vercel you pretty much are locked into them
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sorry, not fully self hosting* more like taking some platform risk of the table
likely using something like coolify + hetzner, but then what is the difference? Im not sure vs Vercel + supa
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as i consider migrating my database today and where i host the website for post-bridge.com… what’s your pro tips for self hosting :)
jack friks@jackfriks
very unfortunately my business, post-bridge.com has been down all day since 11AM EDT i apologize greatly to all my customers for this trouble. sucks a lot, i know many people are frustrated not being able to schedule their posts out tonight.
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@Bouazizalex @DarioAmodei What does your man on the inside say about their plans? ;)
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Oh great and powerful @DarioAmodei - builder of minds, father of Claude. I humbly request you leave payroll to us at Deel.
We are but simple folk who process paystubs and chase compliance deadlines. But if you do come for us, call me first 🙏
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@jasonyimco Would be more helpful for new advertisers if you have a little more a of a shit about the onboarding process. So many hidden rules that you find out only after spinning your wheels and contacting support...
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Meta just killed the biggest technical barrier in performance marketing.
for years, the gap between big brands and small businesses wasn’t just budget. it was developer resources.
if you wanted to run dynamic product ads or set up the conversions api, you needed a dev team to configure servers and manually map structured data.
that changes today.
we just rolled out two massive updates that automate the entire backend setup:
🔵 ai-powered pixel enrichment: the pixel now uses ai to automatically read your website and pull product names, prices, and availability into your events. no more manual coding or schema .org mapping. smaller businesses get performance benefits without technical work and larger businesses can refocus tech resources on more important areas
🔵 one-click capi: we launched a “meta-enabled” conversions api setup. it’s literally one click. no servers, no ongoing maintenance, no costs.
this is a huge deal for signal quality.
advertisers using capi for web events see an average 17.8% lower cpa than those relying on the pixel alone.
historically, getting that setup was a nightmare for lean teams.
now, the playing field is leveled. the machine handles the technical plumbing, so you can focus entirely on creative and strategy.
if you’ve been putting off capi because it was too technical, now is the time.
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@adamlyttleapps P.S Do yourself a favor and get through the annoyance of installing an MMP now. Later you can test tiktok and google ads without having to install anything new.
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@thiago_linn I ran a traffic campaign prior
But only because I didn’t want to install the Facebook SDK
The traffic campaign did $0.40 or so per click. Very different stats
But mostly from Android users so I cancelled the campaign
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Meta ads campaign so far:
Screen recording demo
USD$36.56 per install
User generated content
USD$12.86 per install (winning)
7 trial activations across both campaigns
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@adamlyttleapps Meta is making me jump through so many hoops to run install campaigns.
Support told me that I can't run install campaigns until I warm up my account with traffic campaigns. So I'm just burning money. Apparently even $20 per day is too high to start - have to do $10. 🙄
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Finally seeing growth after a year being stuck at $70k/month
Adam Lyttle@adamlyttleapps
Sales are "stuck" at $70k/month On one hand it's stable But on the other hand there's no growth My strategy *was*: Building lots of apps to rank in organic results. Revenue grew because of the accumulative effect. But App Store has changed and that strategy feels risky. To fix the "growth" issue: I'm taking the time to build a product suited for marketing. When I looked at my portfolio: apps targeting a single keyword don't translate to meta ads (who cares about a currency converter?) The irony of building in the AI age is that my actual release schedule has *decreased*
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@dudufolio @nikitabier @toolfolio @higgsfield Guessing people reported it because it does read like an undisclosed ad. Sucks that it isn't and you got caught but as a user I love this policy and hopefully they figure out a way to quickly reverse false positives rather than scrap the whole policy.
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For fuck sake @nikitabier
@toolfolio nor I has never received a single cent from @higgsfield or any company
We just report on everything Software news
just because a company buys reposts and shit doesn't mean everyone that reposts it was paid
and you're forcing me to add a paid partnership to unlock mya ccount for something that wasnt a paid partnership
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