Levelsio and I go way back, like 8 years back. I first met him on the twitter when I came across the “indie hacker” scene. As a long time social media lurker he stuck me as an influencer first and foremost, and so I moved on. Fast forward 8 years and I find myself on X again and look who it is, my good friend Levelsio.
Yup, he is still there doing his thing, cool, move on.
Lex Fridmen seems to be something of a god to a certain bubble of the tech bro crowd. Levelsio showing up on there is seen as a kind of further validation of his pseudo authority on “tech” subjects. Now everybody is sharing their opinions on levelyboi.
All the tech influencers are playing their 9D chess engagement farming the hell out of the drama. It is bad enough that it is almost impossible to escape. I will put down the X for a while until this blows over.
I have no idea what happened on the podcast because I don't watch much of Lex. I know that levels is an influencer type. He doesn't care much about technology. He learned barely enough jquery and php to slap together products people would buy on the internet. He is a hustler type. He did not give a shit about "AI" until he found a way to sell a 12 word prompt to people.
That is ok. I would sell a 12 word prompt to people if only I knew how. But I don't. He does and it wasn't easy for him. It never is for anyone.
Influencers are annoying.
Like really annoying.
They are those super loud people who are there when you show up and there when you leave. You can visit different circles but they are always somehow there too. They just live on the internet posting content nonstop. Most of it is bland trend following or reposts but everynow and then something pops off. That is the game. That is the grind.
You could mute the especially loud influencers but if they are popular, people will share them around or talk about them. It is not possible to escape them. Trends change minute by minute but so most influencers will fade away if you wait long enough. But there are those who are so damn popular it is impossible to escape them.
Nothing against Tayler Swift. Her music is great. But fuck me I do not care about her personal life. I don't care who she is dating. I don't want to know. But if anyone wants to be on social media it is a requirement. We all know who Tayler Swift's current boyfriend is and if she dumps him. You bet we are all going to find out. Everyone will. Even if they don't want to.
The social media lurker has an amazing defense mechanism evolved over thousands of years. In the event it becomes annoyed by the reach of an influencer, it simply deletes the infected social media app and hides back under a rock for a year or two until the influencer is irrelevant once again.