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Nick Huber

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The Startup Ideas Podcast
How to write viral tweets with the man who beat the X algorithm

So the structure, you can see it here. I make a statement that people say, oh, wow, that sounds unique. I'm not sure if I'd agree with it or not, but that's not like what I mostly hear. And that's that first line. Okay. Then I spend the rest of the tweet taking a hard line on one side. So there's no nuance. There's no teasing out both sides. My structure is, hey, I'm going to say something. Boom.

The Startup Ideas Podcast
How to write viral tweets with the man who beat the X algorithm

Well, you know, obviously there's nuance. Obviously there's two sides of it. Obviously it doesn't apply to everybody, but I'm going to act like it does. And I'm going to take a very strong side towards one of them. That's the structure of a great tweet. So something that not everybody agrees with, said as fact with conviction, and then a bunch of really strongly written copy to back it up.

The Startup Ideas Podcast
How to write viral tweets with the man who beat the X algorithm

Well, you know, obviously there's nuance. Obviously there's two sides of it. Obviously it doesn't apply to everybody, but I'm going to act like it does. And I'm going to take a very strong side towards one of them. That's the structure of a great tweet. So something that not everybody agrees with, said as fact with conviction, and then a bunch of really strongly written copy to back it up.

The Startup Ideas Podcast
How to write viral tweets with the man who beat the X algorithm

Well, you know, obviously there's nuance. Obviously there's two sides of it. Obviously it doesn't apply to everybody, but I'm going to act like it does. And I'm going to take a very strong side towards one of them. That's the structure of a great tweet. So something that not everybody agrees with, said as fact with conviction, and then a bunch of really strongly written copy to back it up.

The Startup Ideas Podcast
How to write viral tweets with the man who beat the X algorithm

That's how almost all of my viral tweets are structured.

The Startup Ideas Podcast
How to write viral tweets with the man who beat the X algorithm

That's how almost all of my viral tweets are structured.

The Startup Ideas Podcast
How to write viral tweets with the man who beat the X algorithm

That's how almost all of my viral tweets are structured.

The Startup Ideas Podcast
How to write viral tweets with the man who beat the X algorithm

It's a little small for me. Let's see here.

The Startup Ideas Podcast
How to write viral tweets with the man who beat the X algorithm

It's a little small for me. Let's see here.

The Startup Ideas Podcast
How to write viral tweets with the man who beat the X algorithm

It's a little small for me. Let's see here.

The Startup Ideas Podcast
How to write viral tweets with the man who beat the X algorithm

Yeah. So I feel like I just feel super passionate about this in general. Maybe it's because I live in the South. Maybe it's because I see a lot of people making the mistake of waiting too long to have children. And I'll read the tweet. My advice to 25 year olds. get married young and have more kids than you can afford. That's the wow part of the tweet, right?

The Startup Ideas Podcast
How to write viral tweets with the man who beat the X algorithm

Yeah. So I feel like I just feel super passionate about this in general. Maybe it's because I live in the South. Maybe it's because I see a lot of people making the mistake of waiting too long to have children. And I'll read the tweet. My advice to 25 year olds. get married young and have more kids than you can afford. That's the wow part of the tweet, right?

The Startup Ideas Podcast
How to write viral tweets with the man who beat the X algorithm

Yeah. So I feel like I just feel super passionate about this in general. Maybe it's because I live in the South. Maybe it's because I see a lot of people making the mistake of waiting too long to have children. And I'll read the tweet. My advice to 25 year olds. get married young and have more kids than you can afford. That's the wow part of the tweet, right?

The Startup Ideas Podcast
How to write viral tweets with the man who beat the X algorithm

Everybody reads that and they're like, whoa, that's the opposite of what I hear. I hear marrying your, picking your spouse is like, you know, the most important decision you'll ever make. Be very careful about it. Be very deliberate in it. Be, you know, super thoughtful on it. And kids are super expensive and I need to be financially secure before I have kids.

The Startup Ideas Podcast
How to write viral tweets with the man who beat the X algorithm

Everybody reads that and they're like, whoa, that's the opposite of what I hear. I hear marrying your, picking your spouse is like, you know, the most important decision you'll ever make. Be very careful about it. Be very deliberate in it. Be, you know, super thoughtful on it. And kids are super expensive and I need to be financially secure before I have kids.

The Startup Ideas Podcast
How to write viral tweets with the man who beat the X algorithm

Everybody reads that and they're like, whoa, that's the opposite of what I hear. I hear marrying your, picking your spouse is like, you know, the most important decision you'll ever make. Be very careful about it. Be very deliberate in it. Be, you know, super thoughtful on it. And kids are super expensive and I need to be financially secure before I have kids.

The Startup Ideas Podcast
How to write viral tweets with the man who beat the X algorithm

Like, so boom, the thing that Nick said at the very top is, um, different than what a lot of people say. Then I go on to take a very hard side towards having more kids younger. I've never met anyone who wishes they'd had fewer kids. That's a super strong, un-nuanced take supporting my first line. But I've met a lot of people who regret waiting so long or having so few.

The Startup Ideas Podcast
How to write viral tweets with the man who beat the X algorithm

Like, so boom, the thing that Nick said at the very top is, um, different than what a lot of people say. Then I go on to take a very hard side towards having more kids younger. I've never met anyone who wishes they'd had fewer kids. That's a super strong, un-nuanced take supporting my first line. But I've met a lot of people who regret waiting so long or having so few.

The Startup Ideas Podcast
How to write viral tweets with the man who beat the X algorithm

Like, so boom, the thing that Nick said at the very top is, um, different than what a lot of people say. Then I go on to take a very hard side towards having more kids younger. I've never met anyone who wishes they'd had fewer kids. That's a super strong, un-nuanced take supporting my first line. But I've met a lot of people who regret waiting so long or having so few.

The Startup Ideas Podcast
How to write viral tweets with the man who beat the X algorithm

Every 60 plus year old that I know cares about one thing above all else, their kids and their grandkids. That is just a super powerful, convincing thing that's also super triggering to people who disagree with it.