Mysterious meme gets Tech Twitter to clamor for invite to app that doesn't exist
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#2In a world of rapidly increasing inequality FOMO actually is the rational response. Most people are missing out.
Re: Mysterious meme gets Tech Twitter to clamor for invite to app that doesn't exist
#3The statement is the most interesting part, in my opinion:
https://xn--mp8hai.fm/statement
>In a strange way, this sort of became an anti-statement against what we’d all seen on tech Twitter. We’re a diverse, ragtag group of young technologists tired of the status quo tech industry, and thought that we could make the industry think a bit more about its actions. Despite calls-to-action like that “It’s Time to Build” essay we’ve all read, most of the industry (from product teams to VC) still stays obsessed with exclusive social apps that regularly ignore — or even silence — real needs faced by marginalized people all over the world, and exclude these folks from the building process. As an industry, we need to do better.
Re: Mysterious meme gets Tech Twitter to clamor for invite to app that doesn't exist
#4I'm pretty sure that emoji combination was in use for quite a while before this happened. Actually, when I saw it around Twitter I assumed it was people just referencing that or using it for its slightly surreality…
Re: Mysterious meme gets Tech Twitter to clamor for invite to app that doesn't exist
#5"Most importantly, we raised over $60,000 in donations from people who hoped to get special treatment within our fabled waitlist."
Isn't this basically fraud? "Hey, give us money and we'll help you get something. Nope, just kidding, we gave your money to charity and that 'something' we promised doesn't exist."
Re: Mysterious meme gets Tech Twitter to clamor for invite to app that doesn't exist
#6I'm pretty sure that emoji combination was in use for quite a while before this happened. Actually, when I saw it around Twitter I assumed it was people just referencing that or using it for its slightly surreality…
I’ve seen kids using it on TikTok for at least 2 weeks
Re: Mysterious meme gets Tech Twitter to clamor for invite to app that doesn't exist
#7"Most importantly, we raised over $60,000 in donations from people who hoped to get special treatment within our fabled waitlist." Isn't this basically fraud? "Hey, give us money and we'll help you get something. Nope, just kidding, we gave your money to charity and that 'something' we promised doesn't exist."
It was more of a case of "Donate money to these causes and see what happens". Not fraud
Re: Mysterious meme gets Tech Twitter to clamor for invite to app that doesn't exist
#8"Most importantly, we raised over $60,000 in donations from people who hoped to get special treatment within our fabled waitlist." Isn't this basically fraud? "Hey, give us money and we'll help you get something. Nope, just kidding, we gave your money to charity and that 'something' we promised doesn't exist."
It's also interesting that this was timed right around the release of Parler, a Twitter alternative.
Re: Mysterious meme gets Tech Twitter to clamor for invite to app that doesn't exist
#9They could've made it much bigger and raise 10x as much. Not sure why they stopped after 2 days.
Re: Mysterious meme gets Tech Twitter to clamor for invite to app that doesn't exist
#10Not a surprising outcome, considering that the general attitude in Tech Twitter is wanting to learn everything, to get in on the ground floor of cool stuff, etc. It's a harmless-ish prank since the money went to good causes and most people willing to donate just to get in on some app clearly have disposable income. Still misleading and not "victimless" but it's probably the most fun many people have had in this hellish year.