Joe Weisenthal on Health

This is crazy. xAI asked offered $420 to employees who were willing to donate their tax returns to the company for training data (interesting trend here of companies using employees for their own training). But it hasn't paid the employees who did so t.co

992 likes38 repliesPosted May 18, 2026

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Why it worked

Uses concrete numbers instead of vague claims, which makes it credible and quotable.
Points at real customers, users or results as evidence rather than assertion.
Short enough to read in full without expanding, which removes a step before the point lands.
Short sentences keep the pace up, so the reader never has to re-read a line.

The mechanics

Hook: Plain observation
Structure: Hook → Turn
Style: Conversational paragraphs at a steady pace.
Tone: plain, matter-of-fact
Mechanisms: Specificity, Social proof
Written for: Founders and operators

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