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🚨🚨 Breaking: OpenAI whistleblower, Suchir Balaji, a 26-year old researcher, was found DEAD in his San Francisco apartment. Here's what we know about the circumstances surrounding his death, and the allegations he made against Sam Altman's blockbuster AI company. Thread 🧵1/

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Based on absolute engagement — the platform doesn’t expose follower counts here, so large accounts score higher.

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Why it worked

Leads with a specific number, which is concrete enough to be worth a second of attention.
Opens a question in the reader’s mind and withholds the answer until later.
Ends on a short line that is easy to quote and repeat.
Written from experience rather than as advice, which is harder to argue with.
Short enough to read in full without expanding, which removes a step before the point lands.

The mechanics

Hook: Leads with a number
Structure: Hook → Landing
Style: Conversational paragraphs at a steady pace.
Tone: corporate
Mechanisms: Curiosity gap
Written for: People building with AI

Analysis by ViralLoop — not written by the original author.

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