Haha sure I’m down, there’s a bunch going on but I’ll try my best to reply in a reasonable time

understood 🫡 you’ve got an amazing community in read cv. i’m so curious what the initial instinct and catalyst was to pursue Posts? was it planned a while back?

We started work on Posts in November when Twitter first started to show signs of losing its way. We made the bet despite thinking the twitter stuff would blow over, but that’s proven to not be the case.

When we first started read.cv we actively told people we did not want to start a social network because that need was filled. But things changed and given the community we already had it made too much sense not to pursue this.

inspiring to see the bet pay off. i’m sure you’ve got lots planned for Posts, if you were to think ahead to the end of this year, what will Posts mean to read cv and the community?

We are just hoping it continues to grow into a space where people can connect with like minded people and find cool opportunities they wouldn’t have found otherwise - same over arching goals as read.cv

so far so good! is there anything the community can do to help? you’ve got lots of fans on here!

The response has been super wild! Continuing to share the app with diverse and unique voices in design/technology/art/life is the #1 thing we can collectively do to make this a space worth coming back to

How do you see this app contributing to the broader community, and what impact do you hope it has on the industry as a whole?

Hopefully we can show that there’s merit to engaging/sharing in authentic/personal way online. Similar vibe to the demos and chill event that @yitong hosts - no agenda, but cool things may serendipitously come out of it.

maximizing experiences for serendipity, i’m so here for this ✨

@andy What are the biggest things from a UX/UI/Strategy perspective that you intentionally want to do different than Twitter?

I think changing peoples incentives to post - stuff like not showing vanity metrics is an intentional start at this. Also highlights that optimize for a positive vibe vs an algorithm that maximizes engagement/outrage.

Not sure I follow - every single post shows vanity metrics such as likes, reposts and comments just like Twitter

Sorry, following/follower count on profile is what I meant - less influencer status

Giving users the possibility to be featured / highlighted disregarding followers or likes is working great. But eventually hard to make it work at scale without algorithms.

Def, we gotta figure out the right balance.

Is the hope for this to be subsidized by read cv’s business model or do you imagine it will have its own?

We will probably explore both options - I can’t say we know for sure what will stick or feel right yet. But we aren’t looking to turn this into a feed ad supported business

“Feels right” is a nice forcing function 🙂 thanks!

@andy What’s your thinking on aligning the Read.cv / Posts business model / incentives with the kind of culture and behavior you want to see on here?

I think when you have this many smart and talented people in a room businesses naturally want to get involved. Job listings is our current one, but there are likely more opportunities for creative partnerships (that are more valuable than feed ads).

Alternatively there could be a world where we become entirely community supported 🤷‍♂️ there are a few avenues to explore and see what sticks.