Journey of online influencers

Journey of online influencers

The standard journey of influencers Start with podcasting or video blogging (YouTube/TikTok) It is hard to build an audience when you don’t have one Start with interviewing other podcasters/creators to bring yourself to the front of their audience Alternatively, build an audience via engaging (tweet replies) high-value customers or by catching the trending topics Build a one-way connection with your audience via newsletter on email/WhatsApp The goal is to connect directly with your followers and not be dependent on social media algorithms for too long Build a community via Facebook/Slack/Telegram/Circle groups Once you have a critical number of connections, invite them to a community In the initial phase, maintaining and running a community requires work Eventually, the community becomes self-sustaining Monetize Selling branded merchandise Large-ticket affiliates like insurance Paid consultation calls Fan funding (Patreon) for exclusive content access Organizing a Conference

Social media and burglar bars

Social media and burglar bars

Houses in many major cities in Latin America have burglar bars. So, is in India. Very few cities in the US have burglar bars.

Consumer Internet: why audio can't beat photos or videos

Consumer Internet: why audio can't beat photos or videos

Our brain loves distractions, and multitasking gets bored quickly. When we read text or watch a photo, it engages us visually, a video (with audio) engages us even more. The bandwidth of eyes is much larger than the bandwidth of our ears. When we are watching something, it utilizes more bandwidth and hence occupies more of our attention span. Also, given the way our eyes work, we can focus more on the exciting aspect of the visual feed. Compared to that, audio underutilizes our brain’s bandwidth. Further, the unidimensional flow of audio data at a linear speed does not mimic our ability to process it. Contrast forced direct listening with how non-linearly humans read. ...

Advent of snap judgement and Internet's permanence

Advent of snap judgement and Internet's permanence

In 2013, we saw how internet activists’ snap judgments about the interpretation (or misinterpretation?) of jokes at pycon destroyed the professional career of two individuals (Source: A Dongle Joke That Spiraled Way Out Of Control). The internet activism first sympathized with Adria Richards and then decided to side with the developer, eventually, both of them (and SendGrid customers temporarily) took a major hit which could probably have been resolved offline and would have never become a part of permanent history. As if this was not enough, this year the same story has been repeated with Gurubaksh Chahal and his girlfriend Juliet Kakish. The claim goes that he allegedly hit his girlfriend 117 times and she allegedly suffered bruises and injuries, there is an alleged video of that proving the same (I haven’t been able to find one yet that does not imply it does not exist though) (Source: A Letter To The Board Members Of RadiumOne).

Preliminary analysis of Facebook Click jacking Attack "Chica Sexy

Analysis of Facebook clickjacking attack "Chica Sexy"

Came across a few interesting posts like this on my wall today.

Analysis of Facebook Rotating Images worm

If you are looking for how to avoid or recover: read this one instead. In the past few weeks, a lot of Facebook users have received the following (or similar) messages posted by their friends Hi Friends see Face-book images rotate 360* see here » https://SHADYCLOUDS.TK/ Really cool Facebook revolving images. MUST SEE https://rotatingimage2.tk/. Following are observations and analysis of the same.