WHAT'S WRONG WITH THE 50,000 FANS' GROWTH SECRET: ALGORITHMS ARE HUMANS, ALERT TO AI ALIENATION...
Author:zarazhangrui
Compiled:XinGPT
Editor: Before Zhang came to X, he was a famous publisher of the Little Red Book, known for his location as Harvard undergraduate and Silicon Valley Ai, and for the Vibecoding product。
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MOST PEOPLE CAN'T DO IT ON X BECAUSE THEIR MIND MODEL IS WRONG. THEY SEE X AS A STAGE, AND THEY THINK THEY'RE GOING TO GO UP AND MAKE A SPEECH TO THE AUDIENCE。
THE CORRECT MENTAL MODEL IS: X IS A PARTY. WHEN YOU WALK INTO A PARTY, YOU DON'T RUN INTO THE CORNER TALKING TO THE AIR. YOU'LL FIND A GROUP OF PEOPLE WHO'VE COME TOGETHER, LISTEN TO WHAT THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT, AND THEN JOIN THEIR CONVERSATION。
This mental model is the basis of all my growth strategies:
1. Translating your flow of information
It's understood as "know what parties you're going to and what groups you want to hang out with." If your information stream is full of trash and title parties, you won't have the inspiration to post, you'll be involved in the wrong conversation。
Before I started regular postings, I spent about two weeks deliberately teaching me the X algorithm. Specifically, whenever I see the title party or something that I don't care about at all, I click three dots - & gt; "not interested." Whenever I see something that is deep and valuable, I interact with it through praises, forwards, replies or collections. Over time, algorithms learn to bring you more quality content. I'm now in the X stream of information about AI, new product releases and in-depth discussions — — These are all things that I really want to be involved in, and they are instructive and educational。
2. Response in good faith
DON'T USE AI ROBOTS TO HELP YOU RESPOND IN BULK. I REPEAT, DON'T USE AI ROBOTS TO HELP YOU RESPOND IN BULK。
THERE IS NO POINT IN RESPONDING. I ACTUALLY FELT OFFENDED WHEN I SAW THE APPARENTLY AI-GENERATED ANSWERS TO WHAT I SAID. THAT FEELING IS EXTREMELY PERFUNCTORY, DISHONEST AND LAZY。
Back to the analogy of the party, it's like getting your head in a circle and participating in what they already have. You have to say something really interesting so people can notice you and welcome you into their circles。
Assume you're A, trying to interact with B by answering under B's post, and B has a lot more fans than you. When you interact with each other honestly and qualitatively, B will respond to your — — or by responding to your responses, or by looking at you. It'll tell the algorithm: "These two people like each other, let me push more A to B." And next time you say something on your own time line, it's more likely to appear on B's time line, and B's probably forwarding. That's how you grow。
3. Ongoing postings, creating conditional reflections
This is the most important rule. Nothing else matters if you do not comply with this rule. I set myself the goal of sending three posts a day。
THIS IS NOT A MATTER OF TIME MANAGEMENT. THE VERY BUSY FOUNDERS, CEOS AND INVESTORS CAN SEND 5 TO 10 POSTS A DAY. THIS IS A QUESTION OF LOWERING THE THRESHOLD TO A SUFFICIENTLY LOW LEVEL TO MAKE IT A CONDITIONAL REFLECTION. IT NEEDS TO BE A NATURAL EXTENSION OF WHAT YOU'RE DOING EVERY DAY. DON'T THINK TOO MUCH。
What are those conditions for reflection? The following are some of the habits that really help me keep my output going:
1. Open Learning
I OFTEN READ VIDEO PODCASTS AND NEWS BULLETINS ABOUT AI AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP. WHENEVER I SEE SOMETHING THAT RESONATES, I CUT IT AND SEND IT TO X. IT'S IMPORTANT THAT I MAKE SURE @ THE MAN WHO SAID THAT. IT'S A FRIENDLY GESTURE OF RESPECT FOR THE ORIGINAL, AND IT'S A GESTURE OF RESPECT FOR YOU. THEY'RE PROBABLY FORWARDING (PEOPLE LIKE TO HEAR GOOD THINGS ABOUT THEMSELVES) OR WATCHING YOU. IF YOU LEARN SOMETHING NEW, SHARE IT WITH THE WORLD. I USED THE X AS AN OPEN NOTEBOOK。
2. Public feedback
As part of my work, I'll try a lot of new AI products. Whenever I meet a product or function that impresses me, I write a public compliment or feedback post on X and make sure @ their official account number and founder. Founders of start-up companies — — especially early stages — super fond of product feedback. According to my experience, if you share the in-depth feedback as a user, 90 percent of the cases the founder will reply to you, forward you, or personally。
Public construction
This year I started playing vibe coding, and many of my hottest posts were a product demonstration I made with vibe coding. People on X love product presentations. All major AI laboratory developers are actively concerned about what people do with their technology (two of my projects were recommended by Google AI Development's official X account number). Use a tool like Screen Studio to record your screen and yourself and do a presentation video of one to two minutes. It doesn't need to be sophisticated. Especially when the new model is published, make something and share it, even if it's just a rough prototype。
Don't market your product or company as soon as you get up. For all these habits, I am providing value to the community without expecting any return. People need to see you as an honest, valuable individual before they focus on what you want to say or sell in the future。
4. DO NOT WRITE WITH AI UNTIL YOU HAVE YOUR OWN TASTE AND SOUND
WRITING WITH AI IS NOT BAD IN ITSELF. THE DANGER IS TO WRITE WITH AI BEFORE YOU HAVE DEVELOPED TASTE FOR WHAT'S GOOD. IF AI PRODUCES TRASH CONTENT, YOU WON'T EVEN REALIZE IT'S GARBAGE。
X IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN ANYTHING. ROUGHER THAN DELICATE. IT'S NOT ABOUT GRAMMATICAL PERFECTION OR FANCY WORDS. IT'S LIKE YOU WRITE AS YOU SPEAK IN REAL LIFE。
READ A LOT, FIND OUT WHAT GOOD IS. LOTS OF POSTAGE, KNOWING WHAT YOUR VOICE SOUNDS LIKE. ONLY AFTER THAT WILL I ASSIST YOU IN WRITING, BUT MAKE SURE THAT IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU YOURSELF。
The ultimate goal is not to grow on X per se, but to grow while still being true. ”
What's wrong with Zhang
1. X algorithms have a very high weight on social relations, and the AI top loop accumulated in Silicon Valley and its previous experience on the large factory platform have enabled her to have a very good network of human connections。
For example, her followers included the very headline AI Enterprise, such as telecommunication AI, Minimax and Kimi, as well as many AI entrepreneurs and bosses, and X algorithms were essentially a human relationship. It's really useful to try to get older people to know each other
BEFORE SHE CAME TO RUN X, SHE HAD BEEN A BIG V IN THE FIELD OF AI AND HAD ACCUMULATED A GROUP OF SEED FANS, AND WHEN SHE BEGAN X, IT WAS NATURAL THAT A GROUP OF FANS WHO HAD ALREADY PAID ATTENTION TO HER AS SEED USERS。
