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In the last six months, I've gained over 150k followers on X and amassed hundreds of millions of views for Cluely. Here's everything I've ever learned about virality and growing companies. In the world of tech twitter, a post that deserves to go viral will go viral, without exception, IF seen by at least a few thousand people. This is perhaps the single most important truth I have learned during my entire time on this platform. People here are very curious and eager to discover and share new things. Once you can cross a few thousand views, the reposts and engagement will take you to exactly where you deserve. On X, follower count largely doesn’t matter past 10k. Someone with 200k followers might average 2k views. This algo is very content-dependent. FACT: With enough of an organic base (~10k followers), viral content will go viral. The sole function of “viral sense” as I describe it is to make a deserving tweet go even more viral, to take it from 200k - 2 mil views. I am very good at t

The Guarantee of X Virality In the world of tech twitter, a post that deserves to go viral will go viral, without exception, IF seen by at least a few thousand people. This is perhaps the single most important truth I have learned during my entire time on this platform. People here are very curious and eager to discover and share new things. Once you can cross a few thousand views, the reposts and engagement will take you to exactly where you deserve. On X, follower count largely doesn’t matter past 10k. Someone with 200k followers might average 2k views. This algo is very content-dependent. F

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