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Zach Sims at Startup School NY 2014

Y Combinator

A social media platform where initial users of Codecademy posted about their positive experiences learning to program, indicating the platform's effectiveness.

Office Hours at Startup School NY 2014

Y Combinator

A social news aggregation, web content rating, and discussion platform, used for initial user acquisition for Salary Fairy.

Brian Armstrong: Coinbase, Cryptocurrency, and Government Regulation | Lex Fridman Podcast #307

Lex Fridman

A social media platform where Brian Armstrong posted about his hosted Bitcoin wallet in the early days, and where his phone number was once leaked during a crisis.

E22: Robinhood CEO Vlad Tenev breaks down the GameStop situation

All-In Podcast

A social media platform hosting the WallStreetBets forum, which experienced temporary shutdowns amidst discussions of censorship.

HubSpot CEO and Cofounder Brian Halligan with Wufoo Cofounder Kevin Hale

Y Combinator

A social news aggregation platform used for marketing in the early days of HubSpot.

Office Hours at Startup School 2013 with Paul Graham and Sam Altman

Y Combinator

The platform where the multiplayer programming game was posted, leading to a surge of traffic and server overload.

Joseph Gordon-Levitt Interview | The Tim Ferriss Show (Podcast)

Tim Ferriss

A popular message board platform similar in concept to early PHP message boards, mentioned in the context of HitRecord's community growth.

The SIMPLE (& Proven) Way To Earn $100,000 From Nothing! | The Money Making Experts

The Diary Of A CEO

The Best Way To Launch Your Startup | Startup School

Y Combinator

A social news aggregation, content rating, and discussion website, mentioned as an early example shared among founders.

How to Achieve True Happiness Using Science-Based Protocols | Dr. Laurie Santos

Andrew Huberman

A social media platform mentioned as a source of 'quick hits' of dopamine and new information, potentially substituting for more nutritious social connection.

2025 Predictions: Tech, Business, Media, Politics!

All-In Podcast

Its stock was up 24% in 2024, and it licensed data for AI training, fulfilling a previous prediction.

Aella: Sex Work, OnlyFans, Porn, Escorting, Dating, and Human Sexuality | Lex Fridman Podcast #358

Lex Fridman

A social news aggregation, content rating, and discussion website where Aella successfully self-promoted her camming work, gaining significant visibility.

Hurricane fallout, AlphaFold, Google breakup, Trump surge, VC giveback, TikTok survey

All-In Podcast

Mentioned as a social platform where users get news.

MrBeast: Future of YouTube, Twitter, TikTok, and Instagram | Lex Fridman Podcast #351

Lex Fridman

A social media platform praised for its high-quality comment sections, contrasted with YouTube's comment issues.

Coffeezilla: SBF, FTX, Fraud, Scams, Fake Gurus, Money, Fame, and Power | Lex Fridman Podcast #345

Lex Fridman

A social media platform, home to the r/buttcoin community, a group of crypto skeptics.

Kevin Hale - How to Evaluate Startup Ideas

Y Combinator

Cited as an example of a company accepted into Y Combinator that had to pivot immediately and hadn't written code.

Simone Giertz on Her Robots and Returning to Work After Brain Surgery

Y Combinator

The platform where the 'Queen of Shitty Robots' title originated for Simone Giertz.

Ep 246: Are Smartphones Bad for Kids?

Cal Newport

A social media platform mentioned as a source of 'doomscrolling' and procrastination, particularly when tired or stressed.

CEO Coach Matt Mochary — Coaching Tim, Why Fear and Anger Give Bad Advice, and More

Tim Ferriss

Social news aggregation, content rating, and discussion website co-founded by Steve Huffman.

TOXIC THINKING: How Our Primitive Brain Is FLAWED & Leads To Dangerous Woke Ideology | Tim Urban

Tom Bilyeu

Mentioned as an online platform where open discussion and challenges to the dominant narrative are more common than in controlled environments, making it harder to purely indoctrinate a generation.

Matt Mullenweg Interview (Full Episode) | The Tim Ferriss Show (Podcast)

Tim Ferriss

An online community where one can learn skills for building web startups, similar to Hacker News.

Andrej Karpathy: Tesla AI, Self-Driving, Optimus, Aliens, and AGI | Lex Fridman Podcast #333

Lex Fridman

A social news aggregation, content rating, and discussion website where questions for Andrej Karpathy were sourced.

Balaji Srinivasan: How to Fix Government, Twitter, Science, and the FDA | Lex Fridman Podcast #331

Lex Fridman

Described as having a different cave and commons model due to subreddits and individual moderators, allowing for more localized norms.

Reduce Your Screentime (5 Simple Steps) | Cal Newport

Cal Newport

Mentioned as a social media site that can be modified by apps like Social Focus.