Founder quietly read his writing for years without a single like: X's feedback loops are lossy
signulll · x · 2026-10-12
signulll shares a personal anecdote: a wildly successful founder he admired DMed him saying he loved his writing — yet had never liked, replied to, or even followed a single post. The lesson: X's feedback loops are incredibly lossy. You have no idea who's consuming your thoughts, who you're impacting, or who despises everything you say. Your visible audience and your actual audience are two very different things.
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