Category: Strategy
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Prediction: “AI Slop” on Social Media will lead to Trust & Safety Boom
Over the past year, my social media feeds have started to feel… off. There’s a creeping sameness to the posts. A certain bland polish. Too many threads that start the same way. Too many carousels with copy-paste wisdom. Too many videos with robotic voiceovers and cookie-cutter visuals. And the root of it all is what…
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I Finally Canceled My Spotify Subscription — Here’s Why I Switched to YouTube Music
My heart ached every month when I saw my credit card debited with $11.99 for Spotify Premium in addition to $13.99 for YouTube Premium (which includes YouTube Music). The math was simple, yet somehow I’d been ignoring it for years. To me, audio has always been a subset of video. So, as a consumer, I…
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I Drove 3,000 Miles in My Tesla Model Y to Some of America’s Most Remote Places. I have 3 Ideas for Elon Musk
This Christmas, I planned a trip to explore some of the most stunning national parks in America. The catch? I decided to tackle this adventure in my Tesla Model Y Long Range, venturing into some of the remotest parts of the nation in an electric vehicle (EV). I put my Tesla through a lot on…
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Untapped Second Order Network Effects: Facebook Jobs and LinkedIn Dating
When we think of LinkedIn, we picture polished profiles, professional accolades, and career milestones. Conversely, Facebook conjures images of family reunions, vacation snapshots, and local community chatter. Yet, a deeper look at their user bases and behaviors reveals a surprising twist: LinkedIn is the de facto elite dating pool, while Facebook serves as an unstructured…
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A Case for Instagram Dating
A couple of weeks ago, I came across a quirky idea that an Indian dating site used to onboard more singles. At a popular concert in Delhi, they distributed free water bottles exclusively to single attendees, encouraging them to sign up on their platform. The distributors wore T-shirts emblazoned with “singles ko pani pilao yojana”,…