methaphone - tl;dr – mindless toys
TIMELINE: the video MAY 5. Catherine sends me this message. I had mailed her and a few other friends a prototype, hoping to get feedback. She had received her device in the mail. Within two short weeks her methaphone video would be seen more than 150 million times across TikTok, Instagram and X. We had launched a sma
TIMELINE: the video MAY 5. Catherine sends me this message. I had mailed her and a few other friends a prototype, hoping to get feedback. She had received her device in the mail. Within two short weeks her methaphone video would be seen more than 150 million times across TikTok, Instagram and X. We had launched a small fundraising campaign. It had gone well. We sold through our first batch of devices and covered all the costs of the project. Cat sends a follow up and a few photos, "I'm showing it to people and their eyes are lighting up." May 15. Cat creates and posts the video on…
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