Frank Niu
@niu_xiaofei
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building Lyrin AI Mandarin tutor. prev: @netflix
Vancouver
Joined January 2013
I have 950k followers on tiktok, here's the super secret method to get a large following online starting from 0
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the best thing about making a ton of money is the realization that you don't really need that much money.
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my hot take - zuck and meta are going beat all other companies in the mag 7 and achieve ai dominance.
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you don't realize how cooked the younger generation is. thousands of people are already addicted to their ai girlfriend/boyfriend with just text and voice. imagine what happens in ten years when we stuff these llms inside lifelike androids.
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My salary progression: .2014: IBM – $74k .2015: Dwolla – $125k .2016: Credit Karma – $163k .2017: Grubhub – $190k .2019: Netflix – $525k .2021: Quit. FIRE'd - $0 .2022–24: Creator – $100k .2025: Lyrin AI – $0 . tech bro speedrun.
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the next time you listen to advice, ask yourself if that person has a life you would want.
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chamath is definitely launching a memecoin in the future.
What? The tequila is already sold out? It’s been three days and costs $1200/bottle!.
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i used to think people on here were smart before i started actually using the platform regularly.
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i like bernie but the 60% figure that gets thrown around isn't real, the actual number of people who live paycheck to paycheck is closer to 34%.
This is oligarchy. This is obscene. While 60% live paycheck to paycheck & kids go hungry, Jeff Bezos, worth $230 billion, goes to Venice on his $500 million yacht for a $20 million wedding & spends $5 million on a ring while his real tax rate is just 1.1%. End this oligarchy.
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i hope zohran succeeds in nyc just to see everyone collectively lose their minds on here.
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hate the fake humility and empty platitudes. need more people like palmer luckey who hold onto grudges and call out bullshit publicly.
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eventually, you will find a way to consistently make videos that garner hundreds of thousands of views, and the next step is to try and decide if you want to monetize. that's a thread for another time.
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the reporter, the hero's journey, the teacher, the conversationalist, the critic, the entertainer, the storyteller, the curator, the expert, the artist. most people blend a couple different styles but you need to find the mix that works for you.
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there's a couple general creator "archetypes" that are successful regardless of the medium, and tiktok is no different.
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generally people want to see more authentic videos. this means you don't need insane production quality, any modern smartphone is good enough to start filming with.
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it does give you a ton of connections however, and is the reason why you see a ton of vcs trying to break into content creation. I get a ton of deal flow, employment requests, and meet tons of cool people just because I make videos on my iphone.
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if your goal is to get rich from social media, you're going to be in for a rough time. you make significantly less than any traditional technical career, unless you happen to be in the top 0.5% of creators. most influencers are poor, and I wouldn't suggest doing this as your main.
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before chatgpt came on the scene, tiktok was slowly taking over search traffic from Google. Gen Z and younger audiences will default to searching things on tiktok rather than traditional search engines.
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your following count matters to an extent, but anyone can go viral. the individual quality of your tiktok matters way more than your existing following. remember that your video is pushed out to a group of people who won't necessarily be following you or know who you are at all.
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always have captions for your video. a large majority of viewers watch with no sound. audio quality is more important than video quality.
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