The weirdest viral hack I’ve seen all year (and a $180M secret)

I love finding the strange little details that actually move the needle.

Saw a report today about a creator who went from 12k views to 2.1M views just by changing their body language.

The hack? "Arms up."

Literally just showing vulnerable, open body language in the thumbnail/hook. It signals openness to the algorithm (and humans, apparently). It sounds silly, but the numbers don't lie.

Original breakdown is here: https://xcancel.com/danielhangan_/status/2016578118585053354?s=46

Also, on the "big money" side of things...

A stealth AI lab called "Flapping Airplanes" (yes, real name) just raised $180M from Sequoia and Google Ventures. Nobody knows exactly what they are doing yet, other than "human-level intelligence."

Keep an eye on them. With a name like that and backing like that, they are definitely up to something.

https://xcancel.com/flappyairplanes/status/2016564437499728259

Have a great weekend, everyone. Go try the arms up thing and tell me if it works lol.

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