💎Your next date might be powered by AI [collective sigh]
+ some of the brands having a moment right now
💎cultural gems💎
The moments and media that we can’t stop talking about this week…
🤖 Even more AI tools will soon be popping up on dating apps, from virtual wingmen to AI-powered profile creation.
Premium subscribers, more on this topic from
on Friday 👀💀 Riding the momentum of the Super Bowl and creating a collective moment for their community, this afternoon Duolingo announced that Duo, formally known as The Duolingo Owl, is dead.
🦅 Forget the Super Bowl ad chatter, let’s talk about how MVP Jalen Hurts has unintentionally made history with his all-female management team by simply “seeking out the best.”
💬 On socials, the Super Bowl ads take a backseat to memes. Here’s a roundup of funny tweets coming out of the game.
🍩 ICYMI, PlayStation experienced their largest service outage since 2011 over the weekend. Capitalizing on the moment, Krispy Kreme gave out free donuts to sad gamers.
💚 Our partner GoFundMe became a lifeline for people coming out of the LA wildfires, with people donating more than $250 million to victims of the fire and nonprofits through the platform.
🖥️ If you struggle to keep up with what brands are doing on social [don’t we all], may we suggest
’s Discord? It’s a perk for her paid subscribers, who are a bunch of smart people working in social and flagging great posts, platform news, and more.📸 Our favorite creator economy thought leaders Colin & Samir talk to Snapchat CEO Evan Spiegel about what creators should be focusing on and how discovery works on Snapchat.
🤳 After being disillusioned with postpartum life, this new mom is trying to become a TikTok influencer. She shares the ups and downs of trying to build community on the platform.
🧠 You must read this post from ’s Substack about “gravity versus influence.” It provides a framework for approaching content to generate leads & organic opportunities.
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See you Thursday, xo Team MTD
Ah thanks for the Discord shout!
Thank you for the shout out!!