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How Melanie D'Arrigo writes on X: 6 posts, and what they have in common
Melanie D'Arrigo (@DarrigoMelanie) has 6 posts in the library with 95K likes between them. What they write about, how they open, and the posts that did the most — read from the posts themselves.
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Melanie D'Arrigo (@DarrigoMelanie) has 6 posts in the library. Between them they drew 94,990 likes; the typical one reaches 7,437, and the biggest reached 56,855. Most of that work is about Revenue and Hiring. This is what the posts themselves say about how they write — not a profile, a pattern.
What they write about
- Revenue — 4 of 6 posts (67%)
- Hiring — 2 of 6 posts (33%)
Two or three subjects rather than one: a reader who follows for the first gets the others, which is how a niche account becomes a general one.
How they open
- 83% of posts open with an observation
- 17% of posts open with a number
Half or more of their posts open the same way — an observation. That is a signature, and it is worth reading the three below with that in mind: the move is the same, the subject changes.
Not knowing who you pardoned, if you pardoned them, and who they are when they just gave your family a $2 billion deal and then received a pardon, should be a way bigger controversy than an auto pen.
Elon fired the IGs and gutted the federal agencies investigating and regulating his companies including the SEC, NLRB, DoD, NHTSA, FDA, DoA and FAA.
This was a bribe.
The posts that did the most
- @DarrigoMelanie — “Not knowing who you pardoned, if you pardoned them, and who they are when they just gave your family a $2 billion deal and then received a…” — 56,855 likes · open
Why it worked: Uses concrete numbers instead of vague claims, which makes it credible and quotable.
- @DarrigoMelanie — “Elon fired the IGs and gutted the federal agencies investigating and regulating his companies including the SEC, NLRB, DoD, NHTSA, FDA, DoA…” — 17,787 likes · open
Why it worked: Uses concrete numbers instead of vague claims, which makes it credible and quotable.
- @DarrigoMelanie — “This was a bribe.” — 11,678 likes · open
Why it worked: Opens with a short, self-contained line that is easy to take in at a glance.
- @DarrigoMelanie — “The average Burger King worker is paid $13.65 per hour — less than a living wage. Which means they are relying on taxpayer funded social sa…” — 3,196 likes · open
Why it worked: Leads with a specific number, which is concrete enough to be worth a second of attention.
- @DarrigoMelanie — “Meta is buying elections while allowing paid ads promoting the lie that undocumented immigrants are voting and rigging elections.” — 3,078 likes · open
Why it worked: Ends on a short line that is easy to quote and repeat.
What to borrow
Nothing of theirs — not a phrase, not a number, not a fact. What carries over is the shape.
- From the 56,855-like post: Preserve the Hook structure and the plain observation opening.
- From the 17,787-like post: Preserve the Hook → Context → Landing structure and the plain observation opening.
- From the 11,678-like post: Preserve the Hook → Context → Landing structure and the plain observation opening.
The structure the analysis reads most often across their best work is Hook → Context → Landing — 2 of the top 5 follow it.
Start here
- Every post of theirs in the library — sortable by likes, replies or date, with the mechanics on each.
- Remix their style — their five strongest posts as sources, your product as the subject. The words will be yours; the moves will be theirs.
- Save the ones that match your taste to a board, and the board's remixes will lean their way.