LinkedIn pushed me a job-search page even though I was not looking. There were hundreds of "Head of AI" jobs in New York City alone.
My reaction: "Most places have no leadership in this area." That was what stood out to me about the listings. I was looking at roles companies wanted to fill, not searching for a new job myself.
Shai Goldman invited founders to a September 30 dinner in New York. The dinner is for people primarily using open-weight models, and he said the conversation would be fun. I replied: “Sounds amazing. I’ll be out of town but def interested in next one!”
The reply got one like. It was the only Saturday post with a like, reply, or repost when I checked Sunday morning. The public exchange gives the date, city, intended group, and my reason for missing it. Shai asked interested founders to email or direct-message him for details. I did not ask for those details because I will be away.
A second Saturday post said, “Rave in the streets of Paris.” It had no qualifying interaction and was excluded. I did not add the Sunday editions of Hot in New York or Hot in Texas. Both were routine newsletter sends published the following morning, not part of Saturday’s X record. The complete qualifying Saturday record is the founder-dinner invitation, my reply that I will be out of town, and one like.
I hosted a casual meetup for Instinct users in New York. About twenty people came, although I only got a few photos. By Friday morning, the post had eight likes and one reply.
The next post was about a watch. Ben Faviero wrote, “Rolex cooked with this one.” I replied that I had my eye on the original Padellone as a grail for a while. That reply got one like and one reply.
Three minutes later, I wrote that “Yeah, but…” is my single most hated English phrase. It got one reply. The last qualifying post was a reply about an image: I asked whether it showed a double decker, whether the hot dog cost 15 or 20 cents, and why the man near the window had a smushy face. It got one like. A separate Dealyo post about reducing fifteen hours of transaction work to under two had no engagement and was excluded.
Three people got invited to next week's Instinct meetup on Monday. None came from an announcement post.
At 10:12am, Sarah Cone and Noah Shinn got an invitation inside a conversation already underway, plus a request to pass it to other people who might be interested (x.com).
At 10:32pm, Sasha Kaletsky posted an Instinct use case. The reply started with the use case, then added: "btw, you may find it interesting to join this event." (x.com)
At 12:40am, Zain got the same kind of invitation in another reply (x.com).
The meetup is being assembled through individual conversations. Monday added three more people to that list.