social media

14 statements across 13 episodes · 4 bullish · 5 bearish · 8 people on the record · first statement Nov 14, 2024 by Jordi Hays · across every show →

Everything said about social media, oldest first

Nov 14, 2024 positive
Insight
Hays: Great social media posting signals ability to win customers and capital
“If you can, Post bangers. It is a proxy for your ability to get attention, which can drive customers and capital and all these things.”
Jordi Hays Nov 14, 2024 ▶ 1:00:40 Low T levels at Y-Combinator (ep9)
Nov 30, 2024 positive
Opinion
Coogan: Taylor Lorenz's culture reporting was extremely important to tech
“I completely disagree with that characteristic. I think that what she wrote about was extremely important to the technology world.”
John Coogan Nov 30, 2024 ▶ 4:04 Taylor Lorenz Trades Teams (ep16)
Dec 12, 2024
Insight
Founders can simply repost drowned-out startup launches without facing algorithmic penalties
“The beauty of launching and getting drowned out is that if by definition, if no one, if your post doesn't go viral and doesn't get seen by everyone, well, no one saw it. So you can just post it again and people will see it for the first time.”
John Coogan Dec 12, 2024 ▶ 1:07:38 Billionaires XMAS list (ep21)
Jan 9, 2025 positive
Insight
Coogan: 'Invest Early' Social Formats Succeed Because People Want Early Access
“Also just that, that meme template of, like, buy now, invest now, we're still small, like, people want to get in on things early, and so I think that works generally.”
John Coogan Jan 9, 2025 ▶ 1:25:36 Can This Man Save Los Angeles? (Rick Caruso)
Jan 9, 2025
Insight
Coogan: Locking social media accounts halts viral cancellations by killing quote tweets
“I just lock the account, and then it shuts down all the quote tweets, and then everyone just moves on, because like, they're not getting that, like, they don't have anything to go off of.”
John Coogan Jan 9, 2025 ▶ 44:06 Can This Man Save Los Angeles? (Rick Caruso)
Sep 27, 2025 neutral
Insight
Coogan: The divide between crafted media and slop is widening with AI
“The distribution of between craft and slop has been growing for decades, maybe forever, and is continuing to grow with the development of AI content.”
John Coogan Sep 27, 2025 ▶ 1:05:19 Weekly Recap: Matthew McConaughey on AI, Nvidia x OpenAI
Oct 13, 2025 bullish
Prediction Not checkable as stated
Ohanian: Next generation of social media will be verifiably human
“And so I think we'll see a next generation of social media emerge. That's verifiably human.”
Alexis Ohanian Oct 13, 2025 ▶ 8:15 Alexis Ohanian on TikTok's Frozen Innovation, Gaming Reddit & Sports vs AI
Oct 15, 2025 neutral
Insight
Social Media Makes Retail Buzz Unreliable As A Market Top Signal Today
“Now with social media, and by the way, all the amazing things you guys are doing, I feel like the exposure, I got fifteen-year-old boys who are twins, and they're so exposed to this stuff, just, and I don't think that they're, because of, I don't think that's …”
Andrew Ross Sorkin Oct 15, 2025 ▶ 18:07 Andrew Ross Sorkin on Why 1929 is Happening Again
Oct 21, 2025 negative
Opinion
Cohen: Social media is one of humanity's worst developments
“Social media. Is one of the worst things to happen to humanity.”
Ryan Cohen Oct 21, 2025 ▶ 42:01 GameStop CEO Ryan Cohen live on TBPN
Oct 22, 2025 negative
Insight
Chesky: Social networking was effectively 'uninvented' in 2012 by performative media
“Social networking may be the most popular product of all time that was invented and then uninvented. It was literally uninvented because around 20 12, it became social media. And the moment it became social media, your friends became your followers. You stoppe…”
Brian Chesky Oct 22, 2025 ▶ 27:46 Brian Chesky Live on TBPN
Feb 13, 2026
Disclosure
Huberman locks his social media smartphone in a timed box daily
“I took my, an old phone. I put social media on that phone so that if people text me social media links, I can't open them. It also means that when I take out that phone, I'm posting or commenting or doing that. And I keep it in this lockbox, which is like a su…”
Andrew Huberman Feb 13, 2026 ▶ 31:06 The Peptide That “Changes Everything” with Andrew Huberman
Feb 20, 2026 negative
Opinion
Coogan: Keeping kids off social media is a parenting skill issue
“And it does feel like a parenting skill issue a little bit, like, you know, it is possible to keep kids away from social media if you are an, you know, an active parent, but at the same time I don't know”
John Coogan Feb 20, 2026 ▶ 22:10 The SaaSpocalypse is Cancelled, WB Back in Play, Zuck Grilled in LA Trial | Diet TBPN
Jun 15, 2026 negative
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Baker: Social Media Accounts Are Pumping Micro-Cap AI Stocks by 1,000%
“And then post about, you know, outline your thesis in a thirty-five million dollar market cap company and send it up like a thousand percent. And there's a lot of that going on.”
Gavin Baker Jun 15, 2026 ▶ 31:10 Gavin Baker: SpaceX Might Be the Greatest Company of All Time
Aug 8, 2026 bearish
Prediction Not checkable as stated
Social media regulation may mirror the Tobacco Master Settlement Agreement
“So, so I brought it up because I think that we could be heading in that direction with social media.”
Jordi Hays Aug 8, 2026 ▶ 21:13 AI-Designed Viruses, OpenAI’s First Device, The Mansion Section | Diet TBPN
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