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Why is every startup using that same Serif font now, Garamond or whatever. Is it an LLM design phenomenon? Its kinda ruining that font style for me. Also $1,50
by dakolli 6mo ago
Why is every startup using that same Serif font now, Garamond or whatever. Is it an LLM design phenomenon? Its kinda ruining that font style for me.
Also $1,500 a month for 10 "influencers" is wild. This doesn't seem that sophisticated unless they're doing something special to increase trust scores of accounts. They say they have "in house warming algorithm" which honestly doesn't inspire confidence for me.
Whats funny is its almost a certainty (if they are doing things correctly) that they have literal farms of phones (probably in SEA). The only real way to keep trust high is to have a real mobile connection and unique devices. Proxies are okay, but you really need to use the apps on real hardware.
- etaioinshrdlu 6mo agoI think the font is mimicking old Apple ads, eg: https://i.insider.com/5bf8592eb73c284de50e2f28 https://i.insider.com/5bf8592eb73c284de50e2f28
- dakolli 6mo agoAhh, that makes sense.
- alexspring 6mo agoYep. They got hacked in the past, 1k+ smartphones reported. The cost is the attestation keys of a real phone. Once it gets burned, the phone is useless to them. https://www.penligent.ai/hackinglabs/inside-the-ai-phone-farm-what-the-doublespeed-hack-exposed/ https://www.penligent.ai/hackinglabs/inside-the-ai-phone-far...
- dakolli 6mo agoInteresting article, thanks. I've done a bit of small scale phone farming (for my own cheap mobile proxies). In all reality the phones aren't that expensive, I went with Moto 5gs that cost $130 (retail), so in their case the phones pay for themselves in the first month. Probably a decent amount of compute cost for video generation, but I'm sure they have access to free compute and inference for being in bed with a16z.
- Velocifyer 6mo agoIf you are OK with carrier locks (eg if you don't need cell service) and are in the USA, you can actually get mot 5Gs for $30 at walmart. https://www.walmart.com/ip/Straight-Talk-Motorola-Moto-g-2025-5G-64GB-Blue-Prepaid-Smartphone-Locked-to-Straight-Talk/14552506783 https://www.walmart.com/ip/Straight-Talk-Motorola-Moto-g-202...
- dr_kiszonka 6mo agoReckless Condensed?