Josh Constine 📶🔥

@JoshConstine89k followers

Investing in pre-seed mutants and helping them tell their superhero origin stories. Venture Partner @SignalFire, ex-Editor @TechCrunch, SF maxi.

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#	Date	Post	↓ Outlier	Views	Likes	Reposts	Bookmarks
1	Nov 17, '24	“Craft is knowing how to start, art is knowing when to stop”. Did not have Ben Affleck’s astute commentary about AI on my bingo card.	201×	3.5M	13k	1.3k	5.7k
2	Mar 7, '19	It’s never too late for better product design	160×	0	54k	38k	1k
3	Dec 19, '22	you gotta admit this all makes Zuckerberg's steady hands on 18 years of unilateral power look commendable.	144×	2.5M	17k	628	310
4	Mar 7, '15	Portrait Of A Biebs As A Young Man, by Winter at the Oakland Art Walk. cc @john @justinbieber	108×	0	36k	26k	2
5	Oct 14, '19	This is what radiation LOOKS like. Uranium emitting alpha particles through cooled vapor	66.5×	0	36k	7.8k	1.1k
6	Nov 9, '18	This is what global warming looks like	29×	0	13k	4.6k	110
7	Apr 5, '21	No! Yahoo is going to delete all of Yahoo Answers. That's like burning down the internet's goofy Library Of Alexandria. We'd lose antiquities like this:	26.3×	0	11k	4.6k	714
8	Jan 28, '21	A GameStop sea shanty. The Internet remains undefeated.	22.2×	0	10k	2.8k	474
9	Apr 12, '25	Omg. Our Secretary Of Education has no idea what AI is. Repeatedly refers to it as “A1”. China is going to smoke us.	19.2×	339k	845	97	193
10	Jul 17, '23	@STweetycat @DanAmira INFINITE BROTHERS	18.3×	323k	5.6k	29	11
11	Mar 13, '25	This is why I’ve been bearish on language learning for years. Unless you live or work full-time somewhere, better to master another craft while letting AI do the translation	18.1×	319k	1.8k	86	323
12	Jan 29, '19	Big news: Facebook has been paying teens & adults $20/month to give it root access to all data transmitted by their phone. Here's what my investigation found... 1/	17.7×	0	4.3k	3.4k	310
13	Jul 15, '19	When people ask why I work from home so much	15.9×	0	9k	1.7k	136
14	Jan 28, '25	The biggest winner from DeepSeek will be consumer AI apps. Cheaper models mean you can offer more for free, delay monetization to juice growth and network effects, and let power us	14×	246k	736	76	227
15	Sep 16, '21	The WSJ's "Facebook Files" is the biggest scoop in the company's history. Internal documents prove: -Facebook knew its algorithm incentivized outrage -Instagram knew it hurt teen g	13.6×	0	4.5k	2.1k	757
16	Mar 15, '20	Someone build a quarantine gamification app where you rack up points for minimizing movement of your GPS dot	9.8×	0	5.8k	890	46
17	Aug 21, '25	I cancel Lyft after more than 2 minutes: I pay a fee I wait 15 min for my Lyft to arrive then it cancels when a block away: Why doesn’t Lyft pay me a fee?	9.0×	159k	3.7k	54	46
18	Feb 17, '24	We’re at the hospital after a healthy delivery of our second daughter! Pics coming, but while watching her sleep, I wanted to share some surprising reflections on the ways parentin	7.7×	135k	699	14	122
19	Mar 24, '25	30 Under 30 remains unmatched	7.3×	128k	944	22	78
20	Jul 15, '15	How Pluto felt today	6.6×	0	1.7k	1.9k	1
21	May 25, '25	@alyssakrejmas Agreed, though I think since work and play are so mixed here, many people come straight from work and don’t think it’s “efficient” to make a special stop. Others thi	6.4×	112k	928	6	25
22	Mar 3, '16	Life is hard enough, so the @Shots app just added a tab of funny links to brighten your day. Here's our video review	6.0×	0	1.7k	1.6k	1
23	Mar 19, '18	Facebook has allowed so many worst-case scenarios to come true there’s too many to count, but I’m going to try deep breath	5.3×	0	1.7k	894	116
24	Nov 21, '20	Instagram, seriously, you can’t show the first 10 out of 15 seconds of a Reel in feed, then make me switch to Reels to see the end, but instead start from the beginning. I shan’t a	5.2×	0	3.8k	198	12
25	May 25, '25	@ItzSuds I find the same at the “super successful” but never married, no kids dude parties. Cool thing you bought, trip you took — today my kid told me they want me to stay and cud	5.2×	91k	1.5k	9	81
26	Nov 13, '25	Steam Machine is going to be huge. So many Mac users wish they could play PC games, but don’t want an expensive, complex PC. For a fraction of the price and headache, they’ll be ab	5.1×	90k	1.1k	34	109
27	Dec 25, '20	@iamTannenbaum @ArtDecider Therapy for Kevin is going to cost a lot more than that. His bloodlust was insatiable	5.0×	0	4.1k	53	7
28	Jun 4, '19	Everyone: Social networks are too addictive. Meanwhile, Netflix: our goal is to destroy your relationships	4.9×	0	2.1k	782	64
29	May 9, '23	Twitter, which is struggling to reassure advertisers it's safe, will host Tucker Carlson's show, renowned for getting dropped by all blue-chip advertisers because it promotes white	4.6×	81k	420	152	3
30	Oct 18, '25	Wow, only took you a week to invest? Meanwhile: Meeting yesterday SAFE issued last night SAFE signed this morning 1-hour raise strategy session today Wrote them 1500-word memo draf	4.6×	80k	597	27	353
31	Oct 30, '15	Social media royalty @justinbieber, @rudymancuso, & Shots' @john team up for a silly video series starring puppets	4.5×	0	1k	1.3k	0
32	Dec 19, '22	@everyone if you’re excited to reply “but Facebook caused problems!” you misread this tweet. Of course there were huge mistakes that still need to be answered for. But he was consi	4.1×	72k	702	6	5
33	Apr 1, '25	@waitbutwhy Because there’s so much to learn, share, and do. And late at night is the one time no one asks anything of you. Sleep procrastination feels like the most enduring vice	4.0×	71k	1.3k	33	121
34	Apr 29, '22	I heard the Uber and WeWork TV shows referred to as the "SoftBank Cinematic Universe" 😬	4.0×	0	2.7k	216	45
35	Apr 21, '15	Y'all laughed at my launch story for Bieber's selfie app @Shots 18mo ago, but now WSJ is all over it raising $8.5M	4.0×	0	949	1.2k	0
36	Oct 21, '20	Quibi is shutting down -- a $1.75B crash due to 4 problems I listed upon launch: -Stodgy Hollywood directors instead of mobile-native creators -No screenshots = No memes -Slow cont	3.9×	0	2k	271	190
37	Apr 27, '20	Personal news: It's TC to VC for me! I'm leaving TechCrunch to join SignalFire as a principal investor & head of content. I'm also launching my newsletter where I'm writing now	3.6×	0	2.1k	62	56
38	Dec 19, '21	Pre-seed startup revenue projections be like	3.6×	0	2.3k	199	66
39	Jan 10, '14	Vine of @MikeTyson's greatest hits to help you lay a smack down on your Friday	3.4×	0	536	1.1k	0
40	Mar 7, '19	Design for purpose, not convention. Here are some more examples	3.3×	0	1.5k	583	36
41	Jul 16, '24	For a long time I thought tech would be inherently progressive. With such a rapid way to build wealth and reach abundance, why not want to help your neighbor, promote unity, and le	3.3×	57k	525	33	58
42	Mar 3, '16	Big pivot for Shots. Hoping to grow more addictive and make everyone a creator by letting people share funny links	3.1×	0	596	990	0
43	Nov 28, '19	Early startup employees often work nearly as many hours as founders for 1/100th of the equity...that founders can destroy with 1 dirty fundraise.	3.1×	0	1.8k	236	82
44	Feb 20, '19	I love how tech giants think calling some massive betrayal of user trust “an error” makes it all better. Google had a secret mic in Nest Secure. Wtf.	2.9×	0	1.3k	464	12
45	Jul 31, '25	Spotted an SEC filing for a fundraise. Product seems smart, Google Docs for design. No press yet. Think I’ll write about it. 12 years ago.	2.9×	50k	819	24	84
46	Sep 21, '19	Amazon’s tips for meetings and writing: 1. Know your objective 2. Good grammar 3. Be concise 4. Include experts 5. Debate & change 6. Show decision-prep work 7. Advocate for cu	2.8×	0	1.1k	204	393
47	May 16, '21	Samuel Morse received a letter his wife was sick. He rode six days on horseback only to find she was already dead & buried. He spent the next 45 years inventing the telegraph �	2.6×	0	1.7k	148	65
48	Jan 13, '21	The best startup naming advice I've ever heard: 1. If you read it, you can pronounce it 2. If you hear it, you can spell it. 3. You'll quickly become the top Google result Vowels a	2.5×	0	1.2k	157	247
49	Jul 19, '19	After 8 years at TechCrunch I’m going on sabbatical to marry this amazing woman! The next 2 months for me, no news is good news🤫	2.4×	0	1.7k	20	8
50	Feb 5, '21	Here’s what Mark Zuckerberg said on Clubhouse about AR, VR, and Remote Work “We should be teleporting, not transporting ourselves”	2.4×	0	944	250	137
51	Apr 14, '17	Social networks and what they make you feel: Facebook: Inadequate Twitter: Angry Instagram: Ugly Pinterest: Materialistic Snapchat: Old	2.3×	0	876	426	0
52	Feb 7, '14	Selfie innovation: Simulating a front-facing camera flash on iPhone by blinking the screen white for a split second to illuminate your mug	2.2×	0	662	574	0
53	Jun 12, '21	TechCrunch just turned 16. Over my 8 years writing there, I squandered ~50 million page views by failing to build “audience portability”. My #1 advice to journalists is to negotiat	2.1×	0	1.2k	86	113
54	May 31, '18	Mary Meeker's 294-slide Internet Trends report is too dense for most to read so I dissected it. Here are the critical takeaways. First, U.S. adults now spend 5.9 hours per day onli	2.1×	0	645	329	118
55	Feb 16, '19	Twitter’s abuse problems could be largely solved with one change: phone number verification required to reply to people who don’t follow you. 1/	2.1×	0	953	224	38
56	Apr 6, '21	Here's another masterpiece @jtsexkik made out of Yahoo Answers. If you want to geek out about meme history with me, join my newsletter at	2.1×	0	797	341	71
57	Apr 14, '21	History lesson: Why did the creator economy suddenly blow up? Because the social giants refused to help creators monetize...since none of their competitors did either. Until... 🧵1	1.9×	0	682	107	296
58	Sep 22, '19	[Thread] I wrote about the 13 reasons this bike has a cult, breaking down Peloton's product genius. 1. Conspicuous Self-Actualization...	1.9×	0	736	125	232
59	Jan 22, '21	I got kicked in the face the other day. The assailant was very tiny, and we can’t wait to meet her.	1.8×	0	1.3k	9	15
60	Nov 22, '17	Some tech billionaire, please buy out the local ISP(s) where FCC chairman Ajit Pai lives and give him 14.4k dial-up speeds for killing net neutrality	1.8×	0	950	242	0
61	Sep 17, '20	Instagram's Kevin Systrom becoming TikTok's CEO and crushing Reels would be the ultimate revenge for Zuckerberg stripping his autonomy. So spicy!	1.8×	0	1.1k	98	38
62	Sep 16, '21	Facebook's algorithm change incentivized hateful content, so political parties & news outlets made their posts angrier, driving polarization. Some shifted to make 80% of their	1.8×	0	766	282	25
63	Jan 30, '19	Breaking: Facebook is shutting down its Research VPN on iOS in the wake of TechCrunch’s report that it paid people to use the app that collects their data	1.8×	0	568	320	17
64	Dec 23, '20	10 elements of a minimum viable startup pitch: Problem Solution Biz model Origin Team Customer acquisition Traction Competition Big vision Fundraise (& the ❤️to endure ∞ NO’s)	1.7×	0	589	80	300
65	Nov 2, '19	So many startup founder stories now start with “I played video games and then wanted to make my own” that zero screen time parenting seems questionable	1.7×	0	925	110	40
66	Jan 30, '19	Apple actually banned Facebook's iOS Research program last night before Fb announced it was shutting down the program without mentioning it was forced to	1.7×	0	683	288	15
67	Oct 28, '21	Facebook's rebrand to Meta is smart since it's an easy modifier for any product name: Meta Apps, Meta Business, Meta Avatar.	1.7×	0	833	101	35
68	May 4, '20	Starting my new job as a VC at @SignalFire today. Any advice? Both right & very wrong answers accepted.	1.6×	0	830	30	52
69	Jun 11, '18	I spent an hour today googling where to buy prints of my favorite paintings so all my retargeted ads will be beautiful.	1.6×	0	924	174	7
70	Sep 12, '22	Snap CEO Evan Spiegel says the US didn't anticipate TikTok "could afford to invest billions & billions & billions of dollars in user acquisition" Yet Snapchat, Instagram, &	1.6×	0	995	57	77
71	Feb 11, '20	Safety costs are strangling Airbnb, just like Facebook. Turns out the margins in tech aren't so sweet if you have to pay for the consequences	1.6×	0	670	207	46
72	Jan 23, '18	Vine's replacement is called v2, with 6.5 second looping videos, better moderation, Teams for collaborating, with a Summer 2018 launch plan. Get all the details here	1.5×	0	808	191	0
73	Dec 22, '16	New winner for scariest tweet ever	1.5×	0	50	611	0
74	Jan 30, '19	Facebook is so desperate to know what teens want & find the next WhatsApp that it's paying to decrypt their phone data & risking Apple's wrath. Here's my full report: 9/	1.5×	0	529	295	13
75	Jul 23, '19	Precisely the happiest moment of my life.	1.5×	0	1.1k	12	9
76	Dec 27, '18	A bug caused the Instagram tap-to-advance feed rollout, and now it's being removed. We got answers from Insta here:	1.5×	0	657	181	24
77	Mar 10, '20	Develop a ritual for ending your work-from-home day. Something nice, easy, that tells you you’re done. Otherwise you’ll feel guilty every night	1.4×	0	869	75	44
78	May 31, '19	Great job everyone. Tech became such a self-parody that there was nothing left for HBO	1.4×	0	741	147	9
79	Dec 25, '18	THREAD: After writing hundreds of articles about about apps this year, here’s my wishlist of feature launches like Twitter DM search & Uber “Quiet Ride”. First up, Instagram...	1.3×	0	584	129	85
80	Jan 7, '21	So Facebook banned Trump only after: -He lost popularity with some mainstream users who might have left with him -His power to retaliate with the law decreased -His big ad campaign	1.3×	0	713	145	16
81	Jul 29, '20	Google’s CEO desperately not trying not to laugh and say “they’re spam” when congressman asks why Republican emails go to junk folders	1.3×	0	803	106	7
82	Oct 21, '20	Quibi’s failure proves my thesis that it’s content density, not production budget, that wins on mobile. My newsletter here reveals why it’s all about oohs, ahhs, & hahas per se	1.3×	0	609	60	137
83	Feb 7, '19	Powerful scoop by @zackwhittaker on apps screen recording you triggers Apple banning that	1.2×	0	545	178	33
84	Apr 29, '22	Some perso-fessional news: 2 years after leaving TechCrunch to be a VC at SignalFire, they’ve promoted me to venture partner! I absolutely love helping founders (and this little on	1.2×	0	832	4	8
85	Jan 31, '19	Facebook threatened Research app users with legal action for publicly discussing the VPN, I’ve learned, yet it claims there was “nothing secret about it”. 🤨	1.2×	0	558	177	8
86	Sep 16, '21	Instagram's own research found: - 13% of British users and 6% of American users traced the desire to kill themselves to Instagram -14% of boys in the U.S. said Instagram made them	1.2×	0	541	166	19
87	May 17, '17	Hilarious new @LelePons video sees Snapchat & Instagram duke it out face-filter to face-filter	1.2×	0	587	190	0
88	Dec 3, '21	the kid in the back who did zero homework and was relying on the final to change his grade: 😐😐😐	1.2×	0	756	72	18
89	Nov 28, '19	😂 @Instacart brought us 1 brussel sprout instead of 1 pound. So thankful for startups	1.1×	0	839	27	2
90	Jul 10, '20	Amazon & Facebook want the government thinking about China & TikTok, not anti-trust. That’s it. That’s the strategy	1.1×	0	639	80	20
91	Jun 3, '19	Facebook's share price should take a hit from Sign In With Apple. Love the "we give apps a fake email address for you" feature	1.1×	0	577	133	13
92	Sep 16, '21	Instagram told the public and congress that its impact on teen well-being was "quite small" or there was no consensus Internally, research showed that “32% of teen girls said that	1.1×	0	560	144	17
93	Jan 30, '19	Update! Facebook is shutting down its iOS Research app after we exposed its policy problems and sparked criticism from all of you. Thanks for spreading the word!	1.0×	0	603	101	3
94	Apr 2, '21	Jews like my ancestors only survived the Holocaust because bystanders protected them, even at their own risk I'm calling on all allies to our Asian American & Pacific Islander	1.0×	0	653	73	10
95	Sep 16, '21	Facebook's 'XCheck' system protects 5.8 million VIPs from having their policy-violating content removed XCheck's purpose? To prevent “PR fires". Special treatment caused posts that	1.0×	0	472	151	13
96	Sep 16, '21	I spent 10 years reporting on Facebook at TechCrunch, but these Files finally prove it knew it was harmful, but hid the info from the public and refused safeguards that would hurt	1.0×	0	608	94	7
97	Jun 27, '20	A joke became a cultural moment, a parody of exclusivity culture, and an $110K fundraiser for racial justice. That’s 👁🔥👁	1.0×	0	610	68	21
98	Sep 14, '20	Oracle buying TikTok without its AI despite having zero experience in social = -A moderation time bomb -A broken app with no recommendation algorithm -China’s current best case sce	1.0×	0	547	72	14
99	Jul 9, '20	Quarantine is dismantling acquaintanceship. Sending love to fellow extroverts who prioritized a wide tribe over a few true friends and now feel the walls grow taller by the day.	0.9×	0	583	35	26
100	Sep 16, '21	Facebook changed its algorithm in 2018, promote friends & family content to "improve well-being" In actuality, it was an attempt to stop a multi-year decline in Likes and Shari	0.8×	0	482	92	12
101	Mar 28, '18	@estherschindler Whoa. Can this dude tell us how to fix the problems our phones caused?	0.7×	0	540	7	0

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