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“Becoming one of these iconic, impactful companies is akin to winning a gold medal in the Olympics. In fact, probably more challenging,” Shafi wrote in the memo, which was full of similarly outlandish analogies. “Like the Olympics, we know most people don’t want to be Olympians. In the same way, not everyone will want to walk the path we are walking. But for those that want to push their limits and find out what they are capable of, this culture is for you."

Translation: work long hours and don't complain, because I stand to make a lot of money from your labour.

I have never heard of this before.

If you have realistic enough bots couldn't you just sell thier data?

Capitalists love their top-down approach

What the heck is a "unicorn social app"?

Imagine being one of those 1 million monthly active users just realizing that you were talking to a bot most of the time.

That's about twice as much as Reddit and Twitter! /hj

Shoulda renamed themselves to "less than real life"

Seems to me that this kind of stuff is the biggest contributor to Dead Internet Theory. Here's hoping the fediverse means fewer incentives to make fake users.

Last year, IRL laid off 25% of its team, or around 25 employees. During the year prior, IRL had more than tripled its head count, so these cuts came as a surprise. In a note to employees, obtained by TechCrunch, former CEO and founder Abraham Shafi encouraged employees to “adapt” and “be disciplined,” citing that WhatsApp grew to 450 million users with a team of just 55.

“Becoming one of these iconic, impactful companies is akin to winning a gold medal in the Olympics. In fact, probably more challenging,” Shafi wrote in the memo, which was full of similarly outlandish analogies. “Like the Olympics, we know most people don’t want to be Olympians. In the same way, not everyone will want to walk the path we are walking. But for those that want to push their limits and find out what they are capable of, this culture is for you.”

Wow, that CEO sounds like an asshole.

TIL that unicorn app is a trophy/status to attain.

Man that name did not do them any favors.