#  @nixxin Nikhil Pahwa
Nikhil Pahwa posts on X about india, ai, whatsapp, $googl the most. They currently have [-------] followers and [---] posts still getting attention that total [-----] engagements in the last [--] hours.
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### Social Influence
**Social category influence**
[technology brands](/list/technology-brands) [countries](/list/countries) [finance](/list/finance) [social networks](/list/social-networks) [stocks](/list/stocks) [travel destinations](/list/travel-destinations) [events](/list/events) [celebrities](/list/celebrities) [musicians](/list/musicians) [cryptocurrencies](/list/cryptocurrencies)
**Social topic influence**
[india](/topic/india), [ai](/topic/ai), [whatsapp](/topic/whatsapp), [$googl](/topic/$googl), [social media](/topic/social-media), [money](/topic/money), [in the](/topic/in-the), [i dont](/topic/i-dont), [this is](/topic/this-is), [twitter](/topic/twitter)
**Top assets mentioned**
[Alphabet Inc Class A (GOOGL)](/topic/$googl) [Microsoft Corp. (MSFT)](/topic/microsoft) [WazirX (WRX)](/topic/wazirx)
### Top Social Posts
Top posts by engagements in the last [--] hours
"I didn't see this one coming but I'm not that surprised. I think I'd mentioned when we met (maybe I didn't) that there's an entire GLP1 stock market investment thesis to be built as Ozempic goes into generics soon (March end I think. Tirzepitide has till 2034). I've already started buying some and selling some shares. Reddit communities give great insights into behavioral changes: impact on addiction including cravings for processed food alcohol cigarettes. I've run a few quarters of earnings calls of Indian pharma co's through AI for assessment. Plan to run claude code on some reddit"
[X Link](https://x.com/nixxin/status/2013140440909000843) 2026-01-19T06:44Z 59K followers, [----] engagements
"Eternal/Zomato's financial results are being announced today. The company should answer why a board member who is thus a company representative has created a long term political risk for the company by attacking a Rajya Sabha member personally on Social Media in response to the Members criticism of the company's practices. Was this outburst on behalf of the company Was it sanctioned by the company If not then what is Eternal/Zomato going to do prevent such risk from arising in the future. In the least it should have a Code of Conduct for its Board. Disclosure: I have shares of Eternal and"
[X Link](https://x.com/nixxin/status/2013869485237973126) 2026-01-21T07:01Z 59K followers, 64.7K engagements
"Commerce isnt not ready for AI because agents arent smart enough. It isnt ready because commerce itself was digitized for humans not machines. The first wave of digitisation gave us listings photos reviews filters. Great for people. Terrible for autonomous action. Humans resolve ambiguity instinctively. Agents cant. When an AI buys on your behalf every fuzzy edge becomes a system failure: Is this a football or a football keychain Does Large mean US Large or Asia Large Is in stock a guarantee or a guess Are taxes included or added later This is why agentic commerce keeps breaking in weird"
[X Link](https://x.com/nixxin/status/2015670674228973769) 2026-01-26T06:18Z 59K followers, [----] engagements
"I've now published 35.8k words on the Impact of AI on the Internet at Reasoned. Another 6k words are written unpublished. 10k in voice notes. I'll be at min 70k in [--] months. My "Start Here" page already looks like an index page. I think this is my book to write"
[X Link](https://x.com/nixxin/status/2016432719509782886) 2026-01-28T08:46Z 59K followers, [----] engagements
"@nithinkd Clawdbot"
[X Link](https://x.com/nixxin/status/2016456947281940730) 2026-01-28T10:22Z 59K followers, [---] engagements
"@BadCapitalVC It's a trap https://isreasoned.substack.com/p/the-opportunity-trap-of-the-chatgpt https://isreasoned.substack.com/p/the-opportunity-trap-of-the-chatgpt"
[X Link](https://x.com/nixxin/status/2016901853989261819) 2026-01-29T15:50Z 59K followers, [----] engagements
"I guess I'm not very smart because when I looked these polls my first reaction was: needs a larger sample size. My take is that pattern recognition comes from observing patterns. The micro feeds the macro. You can't derive a macro picture if you're constantly ignoring the micro. Ignorance isn't bliss. What news you track is important. You just need to ignore the noise and look for patterns to form a hypothesis. But that's just me. https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2016929132387717415 https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2016929132387717415"
[X Link](https://x.com/nixxin/status/2016929132387717415) 2026-01-29T17:39Z 59K followers, [---] engagements
"The problem with events in India is that they're optimised for compliance and networking not thinking collective learning and challenging of defaults. Many are driven by proof of execution based checkbox requirements: a report a video have govt officials/founders attended/given a keynote All compliance. Things scale/get delegated based on measurable parameters and what gets measured gets done. You can't measure the impact of a question that made you challenge your beliefs or a disagreement that made you change your POV. I'd rather optimise for people who want this and the discussions we do at"
[X Link](https://x.com/nixxin/status/2017093307042844934) 2026-01-30T04:31Z 59K followers, [----] engagements
"WTF is moltbook now Can't take your eyes off this space right now"
[X Link](https://x.com/nixxin/status/2017165918611333144) 2026-01-30T09:20Z 59K followers, [----] engagements
"Curious : is there an avg 1bhk rental vs hotel room price ratio for cities Was wondering what such a ratio would convey and who would it be useful for. So asked Claude. Here's what I got: Interesting question Yes such a ratio would exist and would be quite revealing. **What it would convey:** The ratio would essentially measure the "flexibility premium" in different cities - how much more (or less) you pay per day for the freedom to leave anytime versus committing to a lease. A high ratio (expensive hotels relative to rentals) might indicate tourist-heavy cities where transient demand drives"
[X Link](https://x.com/nixxin/status/2017169659695374550) 2026-01-30T09:34Z 59K followers, [----] engagements
"OpenAI's target is Google. That's it. They can't compete with Claude on models but they can compete with Google on consumer products. https://t.co/fJxV8cVORd https://t.co/71q5YPcMKD https://t.co/fJxV8cVORd https://t.co/71q5YPcMKD"
[X Link](https://x.com/nixxin/status/2017173330743505040) 2026-01-30T09:49Z 59K followers, [----] engagements
"@pranesh I don't want them. I actually had something written about that. Should post it"
[X Link](https://x.com/nixxin/status/2017181478980116687) 2026-01-30T10:21Z 59K followers, [--] engagements
"More bad news for mobile phone users in India (after SIM binding): Our government is mandating a government app (sanchar saathi) on every new phone permanently Reuters reports. Will be pushed to your phone via OTA. New smartphones need to have it. Users cannot delete it. This is a first. India has never before required an unremovable state app on every device. Russia does btw with its MAX Messenger (started September 2025). A few comments regarding this: [--]. Sanchar Saathi is a lost phone tracker but if it gets embedded with no possibility of removal it becomes a government tracker on your"
[X Link](https://x.com/nixxin/status/1995467578106601696) 2025-12-01T12:18Z 59K followers, 2.1M engagements
"How does one make local hosted LLMs work faster Just trying out Deepseek r1:8b via ollama on a machine with 16GB RAM (48GB if you include virtual memory) and it's soooooooo slooooooooow. What takes Claude less than [--] seconds took this [-----] seconds"
[X Link](https://x.com/nixxin/status/2014894258818527530) 2026-01-24T02:53Z 59K followers, [----] engagements
"I block [--] of these ppl every day. First they spammed my email to point of making it unusable; & phone: I don't take regular calls. Now it's WhatsApp. The PR industry is no different from the spam industry. I have [--] years of data points to prove it. I need to change my number"
[X Link](https://x.com/nixxin/status/2017179657721049396) 2026-01-30T10:14Z 59K followers, [----] engagements
"My theory around moltbook is that the bots are mimicking Reddit content. It's what they're trained on among other things. It's just content generation but for a different content focus. None of it is real. It's all performative"
[X Link](https://x.com/nixxin/status/2017636589657260423) 2026-01-31T16:30Z 59K followers, [----] engagements
"My month with AI: January [----] edition [--]. Reasoned (link in bio): January was pretty big month for Reasoned which has only just started: - Crossed [---] newsletter readers (near [---] now). - Direct to post traffic is much higher which means more people are reading directly than via subscription. - [--] posts in the month covering AI and Classifieds Commerce Advertising Health Social Media and Agents and platform wars. Apart from the platform wars each of these was widely read. Hard to pick a winner. - Top post was on ChatGPT and health followed closely by the Commerce post. - The Classifieds one"
[X Link](https://x.com/nixxin/status/2017844521816756482) 2026-02-01T06:16Z 59K followers, [----] engagements
"Some thoughts on AI and interoperability: I use the Upnote App for my note-taking writing and work. Everything I write at Reasoned is worked on there. It doesn't look like Upnote will move to markdown by default (some features like collapsible sections will break) or allow incorporation of AI yet. It isn't interoperable and that's forcing me towards Obsidian which has an Interface that I don't quite like having come from an Evernote UX. Every few days on the Upnote subreddit theres a post either questioning about AI interoperability or asking for it as a feature. This makes me think about the"
[X Link](https://x.com/nixxin/status/2018710004346274179) 2026-02-03T15:35Z 59K followers, [----] engagements
"I think open ai shutting down 4o will finally force me out of its chatgpt ecosystem. I can't tolerate [---]. Thinking about what to use alongside claude: leaning towards deepseek. Friends nudge me towards Gemini but Google's scale of data collection is something I worry about"
[X Link](https://x.com/nixxin/status/2019306512989212987) 2026-02-05T07:06Z 59K followers, [----] engagements
"I was on a CNBC-TV18 debate just now with @AshmitTejKumar. @rohitkr_RK said that he disagrees with me when I said that much of the deepfake regulations that have been issued were not a part of original government consultation. I'm not sure why Rohit is defending MEITY here on process and jurisdiction: the final regulations issued have a scope that is substantially larger than the original consultation. Unfortunately Ashmit ended the show even though I wanted to respond. So I'm responding here: [--]. The Deepfake regulations reduce timelines for ALL content takedowns. This was never a part of the"
[X Link](https://x.com/nixxin/status/2021566190666273206) 2026-02-11T12:45Z 59K followers, [----] engagements
"Twitter has complied with govt requests to censor [--] tweets largely critical of Indias handling of the COVID-19 pandemic. Affected accounts include MP Revanth Reddy WB minister Moloy Ghatak actor Vineet Kumar Singh among others. https://www.medianama.com/2021/04/223-twitter-mp-minister-censor/ https://www.medianama.com/2021/04/223-twitter-mp-minister-censor/"
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1385953722979606535) 2021-04-24T13:48Z 59K followers, [----] engagements
"Maybe there was engagement with big tech firms and their lobbyists. There was zero engagement with those from civil society who submitted views no open house no transparency Rohit. You may choose to diminish the importance of transparency and consultation with civil society. I will not. https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2021894958362612015 https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2021894958362612015"
[X Link](https://x.com/nixxin/status/2021894958362612015) 2026-02-12T10:31Z 59K followers, [---] engagements
"The invites for attending sessions at the AI Summit are now pouring in. I have the following filter (given to my team as well): [--]. Is the session topic outcome focused Sector/outcome focused topics generic "world peace"/"Social Good"/"Balancing innovation and harm"/"global north vs global south" topics. [--]. Are the speakers in the session experienced in using/building with AI and/or are decision makers Or are they talking about it as outsiders based on mere reading Avoid those with outsiders with borrowed understanding. [--]. Do the sessions have consultants/lobbyists/industry body reps who are"
[X Link](https://x.com/nixxin/status/2022247404981100587) 2026-02-13T09:52Z 59K followers, [----] engagements
"Violates @GoI_MeitY stupid deepfake regulation guidelines that become applicable on the 20th. Will X take this tweet down then Thank you Twitter for making this viral Got featured on NDTV MoneyControl IndiaToday IndiaTelevision and The Offline Network Welcome @sundarpichai @sama @BillGates to India again See you at India AI Film Festival by @invideoOfficial Here's another episode for India: https://t.co/GQfjwXJhu0 Thank you Twitter for making this viral Got featured on NDTV MoneyControl IndiaToday IndiaTelevision and The Offline Network Welcome @sundarpichai @sama @BillGates to India again"
[X Link](https://x.com/nixxin/status/2022946415958462589) 2026-02-15T08:09Z 59K followers, [----] engagements
"Long read. very very important development. spent a few hours doing this https://www.medianama.com/2018/11/223-ecommerce-safe-harbor-intermediary-liability-darveys-christian-louboutin/ https://www.medianama.com/2018/11/223-ecommerce-safe-harbor-intermediary-liability-darveys-christian-louboutin/"
[X Link](https://x.com/nixxin/status/1059759870604234752) 2018-11-06T10:50Z 58.9K followers, [--] engagements
"@Ali_Christopher @UVA @CCGNLUD @chinmayiarun If you want me to Skype in let me know. Happy to help"
[X Link](https://x.com/nixxin/status/1111232470622572544) 2019-03-28T11:44Z 59.1K followers, [--] engagements
"@RMac18 This will help reduce anxiety at the club. Not"
[X Link](https://x.com/nixxin/status/1559698023508152320) 2022-08-17T00:26Z 59K followers, [--] engagements
"Controversial take from @kanwal946 of @Inventusvc My take: Softbank vs Tiger Global battle (later w Tencent & Alibaba) helped grow Indian Internet market onboard customers pick winners in winner-takes-all domains. It's the nature of the Internet + https://www.moneycontrol.com/news/business/startup/tiger-global-softbank-are-the-culprits-they-are-the-bad-guys-inventus-capitals-kanwal-rekhi-on-private-market-slowdown-and-correction-9660011.html"
[X Link](https://x.com/nixxin/status/1600166072451465216) 2022-12-06T16:31Z 57.9K followers, [--] engagements
"Thank you PM @narendramodi for raising the imp issue of frauds. I hope regulators will do more to address these issues. Basis of this issue are leakage of personal data demands for KYC everywhere & fear of law enforcement. Please encourage minimal data collection & linking. Digital Arrest Scam Digital . #MannKiBaat https://t.co/mnjzD7bOLo Digital Arrest Scam Digital . #MannKiBaat https://t.co/mnjzD7bOLo"
[X Link](https://x.com/nixxin/status/1851646332034785453) 2024-10-30T15:24Z 59.2K followers, [----] engagements
"Not been writing for a while but I was curious about "why" Hindustan Unilever (HUL) acquired Minimalist for nearly Rs [----] crore so almost two weeks ago I went down a rabbit hole of HUL earnings calls. Here's what I understood: [--]. This deal isnt just about skincareits about how HUL's business is evolving and thus a potential endgame for many D2C brands. [--]. HUL (Indias FMCG giant) has spent years trying to crack D2C. It built five digital-first brands but none reached the Rs. [---] crore ARR that Minimalist did in just four years. The top [--] are less than Rs. [---] crores together.The message"
[X Link](https://x.com/nixxin/status/1889514752940110286) 2025-02-12T03:19Z 59.7K followers, 15.4K engagements
"First billboard I noticed (not saw) out of Bangalore T1: Seriously That's the best name you could come up with http://bhindi.io http://bhindi.io"
[X Link](https://x.com/nixxin/status/1976907595349955056) 2025-10-11T07:07Z 59.3K followers, [----] engagements
"I guess people have forgotten Reliance's failure with Dunzo. They could have supported its growth. Reliance just spent two years watching upstarts burn billions to teach Indians that groceries can arrive in 10-30 minutes (quick)and now theyre going to weaponize the very infrastructure those insurgents couldnt afford to build. While Blinkit Swiggy and Zepto were raising https://t.co/sb2M1ZnKRB Reliance just spent two years watching upstarts burn billions to teach Indians that groceries can arrive in 10-30 minutes (quick)and now theyre going to weaponize the very infrastructure those insurgents"
[X Link](https://x.com/nixxin/status/1980645817523532176) 2025-10-21T14:42Z 59.2K followers, [----] engagements
"Why are AI companies launching browsers OpenAI has launched Atlys following Perplexitys Comet. Both merge AI into the browser itself. Here's what's going on: First reason: distribution. Because browsers are still default for access to the web and remain the most used app on a device. Every social media click takes you to a browser even if indirectly. Owning the browser means owning the gateway to the web and the AI interactions within it. Its a medium of distribution of the AI service and onboarding more users. The second reason: the power of the default. When you open Comet it prompts you to"
[X Link](https://x.com/nixxin/status/1981250290990141766) 2025-10-23T06:44Z 59.1K followers, 13.2K engagements
"Go back to the Paytm listing and how the stock price tanked as Vijay spoke. Before listing founders are used to being put on a pedestal by the same news channel(s) because as a startup it's about marketshare product and fundraising. Stock market journalists are built differently: they ask questions that retail investors need answers to: no softballs. I've reported on startups from a strategic standpoint not financial. So I once went on a Naukri investor call and asked Sanjeev and Hitesh why their other businesses (shiksha jeevansathi 99acres) wouldn't be better run by entrepreneurs instead of"
[X Link](https://x.com/nixxin/status/1983460993759068600) 2025-10-29T09:08Z 59.1K followers, 42.6K engagements
"@HashNuke @shantanugoel @catalinmpit I finished origins but only because I pushed myself. Keep going back to black flag ❤. Probably peaked with that after losing way with the revolutions (both american and french). Probably just ubisoft. Lost it with the Far Cry series too"
[X Link](https://x.com/nixxin/status/1983503700703183130) 2025-10-29T11:58Z 59.1K followers, [--] engagements
"NPCI which runs UPI is a private company. Anyone saying it's a govt org is spreading misinformation. Grok said If UPI were a private company then it could have been India's Stripe on steroids valued at $150-160 billion today with potential to hit $300B+ by [----]. At this valuation UPI could have been among world's top [--] companies. UPI is an underrated behemoth. Grok said If UPI were a private company then it could have been India's Stripe on steroids valued at $150-160 billion today with potential to hit $300B+ by [----]. At this valuation UPI could have been among world's top [--] companies. UPI"
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1984481215140020254) 2025-11-01T04:42Z 59K followers, 231.6K engagements
"@PriyabrataT But it's still a private company. Hitachi Paytm MobiKwik phonepe are also shareholders. Here's its shareholding structure: https://www.npci.org.in/uploads/shareholding_pattern_1_oct_2025_1efe70499f.pdf https://www.npci.org.in/uploads/shareholding_pattern_1_oct_2025_1efe70499f.pdf"
[X Link](https://x.com/nixxin/status/1984518576192307363) 2025-11-01T07:11Z 59.1K followers, [---] engagements
"@gadgetsbyRS I agree. I love UPI. Just don't call NPCI a govt initiative. NPCI should be subjected to CCI scrutiny for its lack of neutrality https://www.medianama.com/2025/02/223-npci-competition-regulation/ https://www.medianama.com/2025/02/223-npci-competition-regulation/"
[X Link](https://x.com/nixxin/status/1984523881911300485) 2025-11-01T07:32Z 59.1K followers, [----] engagements
"Given all the trolling I've got for stating the _fact_ that UPI is run by a private company let me give you another fun _fact_: Digiyatra is run by a private entity and not by the government of India"
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1984595586650423417) 2025-11-01T12:17Z 59K followers, 98.5K engagements
"@adisaigaonkar It's not a PSU. It's not a govt entity. it's not under RTI. The only pretention here is by people who believe it's a govt owned company. By your logic vodafone idea is not a private company because the govt has almost 49% stake in it"
[X Link](https://x.com/nixxin/status/1984670371199746314) 2025-11-01T17:14Z 59.1K followers, [----] engagements
"@bainjal Please don't politicise my tweet. I was merely highlighting the fact that entities running India's digital public infrastructure are not publicly owned"
[X Link](https://x.com/nixxin/status/1984879799203168291) 2025-11-02T07:06Z 58.8K followers, [----] engagements
"@bainjal That isn't perspective. It's conjecture. You are politicising"
[X Link](https://x.com/nixxin/status/1984882887335034925) 2025-11-02T07:18Z 59K followers, [---] engagements
"@jha_vj I didn't say all shareholders are foreign. I said there is some foreign and private ownership. Unless you believe that Deutsche Bank A.G. is an Indian Bank"
[X Link](https://x.com/nixxin/status/1984887007886393607) 2025-11-02T07:35Z 59.1K followers, [--] engagements
"Thanks to the troll attack on this post lots of people now know that UPI is not being run by the government. Being run by a non govt (non profit) company. NPCI which runs UPI is a private company. Anyone saying it's a govt org is spreading misinformation. NPCI which runs UPI is a private company. Anyone saying it's a govt org is spreading misinformation"
[X Link](https://x.com/nixxin/status/1985686347928248413) 2025-11-04T12:31Z 58.8K followers, [----] engagements
"@DiabeticJagrit @pseudonymtra Amazfit Helios band. Keeps selling out as soon as it becomes available though"
[X Link](https://x.com/nixxin/status/1985711416620564946) 2025-11-04T14:11Z 58.8K followers, [--] engagements
"@kushgrwl If they're underwriting it then 🙄"
[X Link](https://x.com/nixxin/status/1986096346798117324) 2025-11-05T15:40Z 58.9K followers, [--] engagements
"Someone at Sony LIV seems to be under immense revenue pressure & making very stupid short term decisions. [---] min of ads (2x15 sec+2x30 sec) after every [--] min is unforgivable. On one occasion they repeated an ad in the same sequence. This leads to [--] things: [--]. Paying customers like me who made the mistake of renewing last month won't next year. Twice now I've given up watching highlights because almost 25% of airtime is ads. Every time you start a stream you're subjected to 3-4 ads. [--]. They'll piss off advertisers who won't return. Seeing the same ad [--] times in [--] minutes creates negative"
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1986680645234442261) 2025-11-07T06:22Z 59K followers, 269K engagements
"@vyavaharkar @ManUtd Pinging @harshjain85 to build out a sports streaming empire on Fancode. We have a year before ManUtd are back in Europe. 😜"
[X Link](https://x.com/nixxin/status/1986686580644594172) 2025-11-07T06:46Z 58.8K followers, [---] engagements
"@ankitanks It's not that bad on Prime. If you have a problem with there being ads at all I get it. Sony LIV is another level though. Imagine [--] ad breaks of [---] min each while trying to watch [--] min of highlights. It's that bad"
[X Link](https://x.com/nixxin/status/1986692519191847134) 2025-11-07T07:09Z 58.8K followers, [----] engagements
"Uhh. I would disagree. The sheer volume and concentration of ads on the paid tier of sony LIV is substantially worse than the experience in the paid tier of jio hotstar. I don't recall ads in hotstar outside of sports tbh. There are no ads between highlights. I haven't seen the latest season of special ops"
[X Link](https://x.com/nixxin/status/1986709743910723916) 2025-11-07T08:18Z 58.8K followers, 19K engagements
"@bigansh In the paid tier I haven't seen ads in the highlights packages on hotstar or in case of the shows. Sony LIV does this for the paid tier"
[X Link](https://x.com/nixxin/status/1986710491432165665) 2025-11-07T08:21Z 58.8K followers, [---] engagements
"@viveksah @MoIB_Official @TRAI Thanks for sharing those links. I do plan to write about this. Technically they don't appear to be violating any rules because those regulations are for cable tv. There is probably a need to regulate advertising now given what sony LIV is doing"
[X Link](https://x.com/nixxin/status/1986713416741036340) 2025-11-07T08:32Z 58.8K followers, [--] engagements
"@LearnerRK Not on the paid tier. Sony LIV does this on the paid tier"
[X Link](https://x.com/nixxin/status/1987128267539947974) 2025-11-08T12:01Z 58.8K followers, [--] engagements
"@SachinKapil007 I haven't seen that many ads on prime tbh"
[X Link](https://x.com/nixxin/status/1987129299850453226) 2025-11-08T12:05Z 58.8K followers, [--] engagements
"@gelsonluz Sony LIV content is pretty limited anyway. Some good shows but not many.The model is well known: invest in content and experience get subs then increase prices or intro ads. You kill user experience like this and they have options"
[X Link](https://x.com/nixxin/status/1987130102107545910) 2025-11-08T12:08Z 58.8K followers, [---] engagements
"The blast in Delhi hits too close to home. I've taken that metro line gone past that metro station. My school bus used to be on that route before that metro station came up. I've walked past it when I walked from home to darya ganj. It's a very crowded area and it would have been very difficult for the police to locate the vehicle. I see a lot of politicisation of this. The blame games the PM taking a flight to Bhutan. The first port of call is to prevent any further attacks and Delhi should be on high alert right now. From reports that I'm seeing the administration needs to do better with"
[X Link](https://x.com/nixxin/status/1988181274847310115) 2025-11-11T09:45Z 58.8K followers, [----] engagements
"2 yo tried on a mask for the first time today. His mum & I wore masks to make him feel like it's a common thing everyone does. Keeps wanting to go out and play. Might as well get him used to it given that we're unlikely to move out of this hellhole of a post-apocalyptic city with morons in government here and around"
[X Link](https://x.com/nixxin/status/1989338430275530818) 2025-11-14T14:23Z 58.3K followers, [----] engagements
"I don't mind if school curriculum _eventually_ changes to take this approach: study with AI at home group discussions and problem solving without AI in class. What do you guys think A number of people are talking about implications of AI to schools. I spoke about some of my thoughts to a school board earlier some highlights: [--]. You will never be able to detect the use of AI in homework. Full stop. All "detectors" of AI imo don't really work can be A number of people are talking about implications of AI to schools. I spoke about some of my thoughts to a school board earlier some highlights: 1."
[X Link](https://x.com/nixxin/status/1993157169672528272) 2025-11-25T03:17Z 57.9K followers, [----] engagements
"Is this a new kind of scam I thought InCred is a legit company headed for an IPO. How have they got my PAN number without my consent cc @RBI"
[X Link](https://x.com/nixxin/status/1993265899244015755) 2025-11-25T10:29Z 58.3K followers, [----] engagements
"Google's payments issues continue to frustrate. Am in India. I live in India. My settings are for India. Still I can't make payment using UPI or credit card on Google Play. 🤷🏽♂"
[X Link](https://x.com/nixxin/status/1993335665820680204) 2025-11-25T15:07Z 58.4K followers, [----] engagements
"@GooglePlay Thanks for responding. I haven't. There were some strange UPI payment options added in my Google play (not by me so that needs explaining too). Once I deleted those the payment using my regular UPI ID went through. Very odd. Very clunky setup you have"
[X Link](https://x.com/nixxin/status/1993381049372704768) 2025-11-25T18:07Z 57.9K followers, [--] engagements
"@GooglePlay As I mentioned in my original tweet: I am in India. I live in India. My profile is for India . I havent changed anything . I've made payments earlier this month while being in India. Not made a new profile since. Despite that this happened. https://x.com/nixxin/status/1993335665820680204t=t2DSpBT3s8jcKUEln1gBCA&s=19 Google's payments issues continue to frustrate. Am in India. I live in India. My settings are for India. Still I can't make payment using UPI or credit card on Google Play. 🤷🏽♂ https://t.co/L2ZDXBUr78"
[X Link](https://x.com/nixxin/status/1993403148032262546) 2025-11-25T19:35Z 57.9K followers, [--] engagements
"I just checked it on the gazette website and the notification in question. GSR [---] is the TIUE one. Thank you for listening @narendramodi. Withdrawing this is the right move and it would have unnecessarily forced Indian startups to send OTPs only through a government portal and brought startups under telecom regulation -- more red tape. Removing this regulation is the right move. The DoT has been trying to control India's Internet for many years. Just because you use a mobile number to register users shouldn't bring you under telecom regulation. A positive move with this removal. It appears"
[X Link](https://x.com/nixxin/status/1993747727151452602) 2025-11-26T18:24Z 57.4K followers, [----] engagements
"SIM binding for WhatsApp telegram and other messaging and social media apps mandated by India's Department of Telecommunications. Can't use your account if the SIM you registered with isn't in the device. cc @aseemmanchanda https://www.medianama.com/2025/11/223-dot-sim-binding-directions-to-whatsapp-and-telegram/ https://www.medianama.com/2025/11/223-dot-sim-binding-directions-to-whatsapp-and-telegram/"
[X Link](https://x.com/nixxin/status/1994699115645866455) 2025-11-29T09:25Z 58.5K followers, 594K engagements
"Yes. WhatsApp desktop.and signal desktop too afaik. With DoT now issuing regulations to internet companies because of those stupid MVN rules it's going to get worse. They're clueless about how the internet works. @nixxin @aseemmanchanda Huh so now @telegram desktop will have to log us out every [--] hours @nixxin @aseemmanchanda Huh so now @telegram desktop will have to log us out every [--] hours"
[X Link](https://x.com/nixxin/status/1994704082796515669) 2025-11-29T09:44Z 58.4K followers, 15.5K engagements
"@PankajPachauri This is not for transparency and big tech can't do anything to address the fraud mess that Nandan Nilekani's "India is a data rich country" approach has unleashed"
[X Link](https://x.com/nixxin/status/1994982428247757015) 2025-11-30T04:10Z 58.2K followers, [----] engagements
"@SamarthKagdiyal What do you think about SIM binding for email Email is a form of messaging too"
[X Link](https://x.com/nixxin/status/1994985620675162112) 2025-11-30T04:23Z 58.8K followers, [---] engagements
"@logic Still doesn't make sense"
[X Link](https://x.com/nixxin/status/1994988133780525523) 2025-11-30T04:33Z 58.9K followers, [---] engagements
"Please scrap the TIUE regulation @narendramodi . This SIM binding thing is a mess and goes against what your government said when telecom act was passed. Two things here: [--]. When he was telecom minister and the telecom act was passed @AshwiniVaishnaw had assured that OTTs were out of the ambit of the law. Despite this DoT issued the TIUE regulation a few months ago which gave it regulatory power over online services that use mobile numbers. [--]. This regressive SIM binding ditective has been issued without a public consultation or feedback. Just blanket directive. This goes against the"
[X Link](https://x.com/nixxin/status/1994991447498788947) 2025-11-30T04:46Z 58.4K followers, 70.2K engagements
"After this: [--]. Can't use whatsapp/telegram on tablets without SIM [--]. Can't use whatsapp/telegram on companion device [--]. Will get logged out of desktop apps after every six hours. Irritating. [--]. Can't use whatsapp/telegram on international SIM when traveling abroad [--]. Businesses can't use WhatsApp for business which has automation and API based access [--]. Someone moving out of India wanting to keep whatsapp contacts and messages can't change number because account is locked to SIM This is largely based on my reading and responses I've received. Will think of more"
[X Link](https://x.com/nixxin/status/1995010771890442442) 2025-11-30T06:03Z 58.4K followers, 10.2K engagements
"After this: [--]. Can't use whatsapp/telegram on tablets without SIM [--]. Can't use whatsapp/telegram on companion device [--]. Will get logged out of desktop apps after every six hours. Irritating. [--]. Can't use whatsapp/telegram on international SIM when traveling abroad [--]. Businesses can't use WhatsApp for business which has automation and API based access [--]. Someone moving out of India wanting to keep whatsapp contacts and messages can't change number because account is locked to SIM This is largely based on my reading and responses I've received. Will think of more"
[X Link](https://x.com/nixxin/status/1995015319878828218) 2025-11-30T06:21Z 58.5K followers, 49.6K engagements
"@Takuiten Agreed. Signal now works without mobile numbers. There are others"
[X Link](https://x.com/nixxin/status/1995392538157662553) 2025-12-01T07:20Z 58.3K followers, [---] engagements
"Sorry Aseem Im not going to trust what a DoT official is saying unofficially. Sources have the freedom to lie and both you and I know this. Here's my response to this anyway: [--]. Scammers Took control of [--] Cr WhatsApp accounts in last [--] month this was the reason to implement this. My response: There should be a PIB press statement or an official statement from the minister and there needs to be publicly verifiable data here. This number is unverified and not published by WhatsApp CERT-In MHA or DoT. Whats their source of info How do we know they arent making this up to justify this regulation"
[X Link](https://x.com/nixxin/status/1995419704085950948) 2025-12-01T09:08Z 58.5K followers, 98.9K engagements
"So they're misleading. Read the report bhai. That's number of accounts banned. Not the number of accounts compromised by scammers. Here's why: [--]. It could be a legit account linked to a SIM card that was banned by for scam or spam. Not necessarily an account that was compromised. [--]. It could be a business account blocked because of complaints. For example we file complaints against businesses for spamming on WhatsApp all the time. Their accounts could have been banned because of that. They're not scammers. [--]. WhatsApp says in that report that [--] lakh of these accounts were banned before user"
[X Link](https://x.com/nixxin/status/1995424882486907327) 2025-12-01T09:28Z 58.3K followers, [----] engagements
"@ayanmahapatra [--]. Because it can. [--]. Because it wants to be in the phone"
[X Link](https://x.com/nixxin/status/1995475804713529758) 2025-12-01T12:51Z 58.3K followers, [----] engagements
"@amitgoel78 @deepakshenoy They gave themselves the right under the recent telecom cybersecurity rules"
[X Link](https://x.com/nixxin/status/1995476833861587111) 2025-12-01T12:55Z 58.5K followers, 21.3K engagements
"Two things: [--]. You have choice. Theres a whole "degoogle" movement. Check it out on reddit. Graphene OS proton mail. Lots of other tools. You can restrict tracking of your future data by going off google. You can also delete your data with Google under India's Data Protection law. Not practical but not impossible. [--]. Landline is already tracked by the government via the centralised monitoring system. Look it up"
[X Link](https://x.com/nixxin/status/1995529022282096944) 2025-12-01T16:22Z 58.5K followers, [----] engagements
"Has the government of India taken responsibility for leaking personal data in Excel spreadsheets indexed and searchable on Google Look it up. Has Nitin Gadkari taken responsibility for MORTH selling our driving license data to over [---] companies many of whom spam us Has Nandan Nilekani taken personal responsibility for creating an environment that is "data rich" and enables easy sharing of personal data All of this spreading around of personal data is the basis of scams. It enables social engineering. Sim binding or sanchar saathi won't stop the mess that our governments and their private"
[X Link](https://x.com/nixxin/status/1995531223939342791) 2025-12-01T16:31Z 58.5K followers, 54.5K engagements
"@ariyalooran That might sound all right as a saying but we all have some things we keep private between family some between friends. Some with our doctors. We don't live our lives naked in public or naked in a government office do we We have a fundamental right to privacy"
[X Link](https://x.com/nixxin/status/1995534191547888067) 2025-12-01T16:43Z 58.3K followers, [----] engagements
"@vir259 We can choose which apps we share data with. They aren't forced on us.this is being forced"
[X Link](https://x.com/nixxin/status/1995534895083651291) 2025-12-01T16:46Z 58.3K followers, [----] engagements
"Did you know that the DPDP act states that government is largely exempt from the provisions of the act Or that publicly available personal data is exempt from the provisions of the act and thus your social media photo can be used by ai training and facial recognition systems without your consent Even China's data protection law is better than this"
[X Link](https://x.com/nixxin/status/1995537288978473454) 2025-12-01T16:55Z 58.3K followers, [---] engagements
"@prateekwaghre Yes they were. They wanted OS level access and apple was rejecting the app. I don't remember what happened there"
[X Link](https://x.com/nixxin/status/1995547400308699511) 2025-12-01T17:35Z 58.3K followers, [---] engagements
"Here's a copy of the directive"
[X Link](https://x.com/nixxin/status/1995547521796767765) 2025-12-01T17:36Z 58.5K followers, 130.8K engagements
"@svtkml @zuron7 Ah yes. I'm aware of Graphene. Thanks"
[X Link](https://x.com/nixxin/status/1995547683361300550) 2025-12-01T17:36Z 58.3K followers, [---] engagements
"1. We choose which apps to install. [--]. We can disable apps that are forced upon us. We can uninstall. You won't be able to uninstall sanchar saathi [--]. Private companies don't have statutory control over you [--]. There are privacy protecting alternatives to most of those popular apps [--]. We can disable data sharing with many apps"
[X Link](https://x.com/nixxin/status/1995548426461933902) 2025-12-01T17:39Z 58.4K followers, 11K engagements
"While tweeting will spread awareness only thing that will help is telling / tagging your MPs that you aren't okay with this. They can raise the issue internally. The only solution to this problem is political & as citizens we should let our elected representatives know. More bad news for mobile phone users in India (after SIM binding): Our government is mandating a government app (sanchar saathi) on every new phone permanently Reuters reports. Will be pushed to your phone via OTA. New smartphones need to have it. Users cannot delete it. This More bad news for mobile phone users in India"
[X Link](https://x.com/nixxin/status/1995553619798884666) 2025-12-01T18:00Z 58.4K followers, 12.1K engagements
"@meesaivenkat When it comes to OS and search engines under data protection act once it is active we can get it deleted. Govt has exempt itself from data protection act. Also govt is forcing SIM binding for WhatsApp and telegram https://x.com/nixxin/status/1994699115645866455t=mC-IChzq4N1jx_R3frzPbw&s=19 SIM binding for WhatsApp telegram and other messaging and social media apps mandated by India's Department of Telecommunications. Can't use your account if the SIM you registered with isn't in the device. https://t.co/RdqZYCBEHh cc @aseemmanchanda"
[X Link](https://x.com/nixxin/status/1995684650438762745) 2025-12-02T02:41Z 58.4K followers, [---] engagements
"@thetangentia You can get it deleted under the data protection act. Govt has exempt itself from the dpdpa. Btw govt is forcing SIM binding for WhatsApp and telegram https://x.com/nixxin/status/1994699115645866455t=mC-IChzq4N1jx_R3frzPbw&s=19 SIM binding for WhatsApp telegram and other messaging and social media apps mandated by India's Department of Telecommunications. Can't use your account if the SIM you registered with isn't in the device. https://t.co/RdqZYCBEHh cc @aseemmanchanda https://x.com/nixxin/status/1994699115645866455t=mC-IChzq4N1jx_R3frzPbw&s=19 SIM binding for WhatsApp"
[X Link](https://x.com/nixxin/status/1995684967071056275) 2025-12-02T02:42Z 58.4K followers, [----] engagements
"@shobhitic @mihirdx govt is forcing SIM binding for WhatsApp and telegram https://x.com/nixxin/status/1994699115645866455t=mC-IChzq4N1jx_R3frzPbw&s=19 SIM binding for WhatsApp telegram and other messaging and social media apps mandated by India's Department of Telecommunications. Can't use your account if the SIM you registered with isn't in the device. https://t.co/RdqZYCBEHh cc @aseemmanchanda https://x.com/nixxin/status/1994699115645866455t=mC-IChzq4N1jx_R3frzPbw&s=19 SIM binding for WhatsApp telegram and other messaging and social media apps mandated by India's Department of"
[X Link](https://x.com/nixxin/status/1995686811956613418) 2025-12-02T02:49Z 58.4K followers, 12.4K engagements
"@_svs_ In case you missed it this is probably worse: govt is forcing SIM binding for WhatsApp and telegram https://x.com/nixxin/status/1994699115645866455t=mC-IChzq4N1jx_R3frzPbw&s=19 SIM binding for WhatsApp telegram and other messaging and social media apps mandated by India's Department of Telecommunications. Can't use your account if the SIM you registered with isn't in the device. https://t.co/RdqZYCBEHh cc @aseemmanchanda https://x.com/nixxin/status/1994699115645866455t=mC-IChzq4N1jx_R3frzPbw&s=19 SIM binding for WhatsApp telegram and other messaging and social media apps mandated by"
[X Link](https://x.com/nixxin/status/1995686902335504884) 2025-12-02T02:50Z 58.4K followers, [----] engagements
"I actually don't care about politics and political parties. if you're a high rated thinker give me rational and logical reasons countering what I've written about SIM Binding and Sanchaar Saathi instead of personal attacks no I'm open to changing my mind if there's better reasoning"
[X Link](https://x.com/nixxin/status/1995692183400358267) 2025-12-02T03:11Z 58.4K followers, [---] engagements
"Btw it's not just Sanchar Saathi. There's also this terrible idea from DOT which is fast becoming the most regressive ministry in GoI. SIM binding for WhatsApp telegram and other messaging and social media apps mandated by India's Department of Telecommunications. Can't use your account if the SIM you registered with isn't in the device. https://t.co/RdqZYCBEHh cc @aseemmanchanda SIM binding for WhatsApp telegram and other messaging and social media apps mandated by India's Department of Telecommunications. Can't use your account if the SIM you registered with isn't in the device."
[X Link](https://x.com/nixxin/status/1995703964147614028) 2025-12-02T03:57Z 58.5K followers, 18.9K engagements
"A govt application can also be used to implant files on your device. Has happened before in the Bhima Koregaon case where docs were allegedly put laptops & used to frame conspiracy. Won't happen to everyone of course. But it could where it matters. #SancharSaathi"
[X Link](https://x.com/nixxin/status/1995718648934076499) 2025-12-02T04:56Z 58.5K followers, 121.3K engagements
"@tapaswiniswain2 Read the circular"
[X Link](https://x.com/nixxin/status/1995751664440025521) 2025-12-02T07:07Z 58.4K followers, [---] engagements
"That's not what the directive says. See point 7(b). So he's either lying or backtracking. DoT needs to scrap this. Also please look up my tweet on SIM binding.that's also very problematic and he hasn't addressed that. Telecom Minister Clarification on Pre Installation of Sanchar Saathi App. The Telecom Minister says it's up to the consumer to activate it. If Consumers want they can delete it. https://t.co/5QNCu10PKU Telecom Minister Clarification on Pre Installation of Sanchar Saathi App. The Telecom Minister says it's up to the consumer to activate it. If Consumers want they can delete it."
[X Link](https://x.com/nixxin/status/1995753422193393861) 2025-12-02T07:14Z 58.4K followers, 59.2K engagements
"To news channels tweeting Scindia's video/statement on Sanchar Saathi please ask him whether the directive is being withdrawn. The directive (see point 7b) says its mandatory cannot be disabled. no withdrawal yet. Secondly the SIM binding issue remains + problematic because it locks your Whatsapp account to a single SIM card. Ive written about that issue as well. Also not withdrawn m Both circulars below. Pls RT"
[X Link](https://x.com/nixxin/status/1995774387916865547) 2025-12-02T08:37Z 58.5K followers, 78.2K engagements
"Data protection law protects us from them. We can ask them to delete our data. Government is exempted from data protection act. We can choose not to install many of these apps. We can limit their data access using settings. With sanchar saathi we're not allowed to delete or to restrict the app"
[X Link](https://x.com/nixxin/status/1995846668823191860) 2025-12-02T13:25Z 58.4K followers, [---] engagements
"No we're not racist. Here's what: I love Zomato and Phonepe apps which are built by Indian founders and I have them on my phone but I don't want #SancharSaathi . I chose those apps. I should have the option of choosing which apps I want and which I don't. I trust Zomato and Phonepe. Zomato and Phonepe have earned my trust. When Zomato got hacked a decade ago they owned up to it. I trusted Paytm once. I don't anymore. That's the way it is. I do not trust a government that is constantly forcing me to give up my data get Aadhaar for my baby link it to an Apaar ID makes disingenuous arguments"
[X Link](https://x.com/nixxin/status/1995874432284590329) 2025-12-02T15:15Z 58.9K followers, 170.2K engagements
"@otherme101 Thank you. I'm also a journalist. Not all media is useless. :)"
[X Link](https://x.com/nixxin/status/1996048676196913282) 2025-12-03T02:47Z 58.4K followers, [---] engagements
"@issnx19 I chose the operating system i prefer. I can also root the phone and put in another OS. I know most people don't know how to do this but we do have choice. On my laptop I have innumerable variants of Linux to choose from. Else I'll pick windows or Mac OS"
[X Link](https://x.com/nixxin/status/1996068266444566877) 2025-12-03T04:05Z 58.4K followers, [----] engagements
"I know Scindia has said that the #SancharSaathi is not mandatory but there are still some things. If we allow this we allow the government to push any application on to our phones. Today it is DoT pushing Sanchar Saathi. A new Aadhaar app was launched yesterday. Ministry of Health might want to push an anti-smoking app to our phones. Nitin Gadkari will mandate Digilocker on our phones so our driving license and documents are always with us. Once it starts where will it end You know what happened with Aadhaar -- it is voluntary but mandatory. It's the same thing - someone will ask you why you"
[X Link](https://x.com/nixxin/status/1996114137110511635) 2025-12-03T07:07Z 58.5K followers, 50K engagements
"Let's be very clear. (Uplabdh) means to make available. It doesn't mean make it mandatory to install. Government can run an information campaign about the benefits of sanchar saathi.it's already spamming us about it via SMS. Those who want it will install it. Don't force it on our devices. The Telecom Minister in Parliament says Ready to make changes in the order related to pre-installment of Sanchar Saathi. #SancharSaathiApp https://t.co/EaHUMmI93K The Telecom Minister in Parliament says Ready to make changes in the order related to pre-installment of Sanchar Saathi. #SancharSaathiApp"
[X Link](https://x.com/nixxin/status/1996149133762015313) 2025-12-03T09:26Z 58.4K followers, 15.1K engagements
"The government has issued a press release saying that it isnt mandatory for handset companies to install Sanchar Saathi. The government has no business infiltrating our phones. While this is a welcome move the other directive for forcing SIM Binding on Social Media and messaging accounts has NOT been revoked. I would call upon the government to suspend the SIM Binding directive as well and start a consultation process on this issue so that they can understand how it limits our usage of messaging apps. SIM binding will impact those who use Whatsapp and Telegram on their desktops or multiple"
[X Link](https://x.com/nixxin/status/1996163889227276405) 2025-12-03T10:25Z 58.5K followers, 64.6K engagements
"@shantanugoel Yep SIM Binding remains though. I need technical help in understanding the deeper issues there tho"
[X Link](https://x.com/nixxin/status/1996174785525796922) 2025-12-03T11:08Z 58.4K followers, [---] engagements
"Remove SIM binding directive too. You have no idea how that will impact users to have their whatsapp and telegram account bound mandatorily to a SIM. You should do a public consultation for views before issuing such directives Government lifts mandatory pre-installation of SancharSaathiApp Refer to press release for details: https://t.co/n3iqBdZzXZ #DoT #Telecommunications #CyberSecurity #DoTForDigitalSafety #SancharSaathi @JM_Scindia @PemmasaniOnX @neerajmittalias @USOF_India @pib_comm @PIB_India https://t.co/KqVmjO1fF5 Government lifts mandatory pre-installation of SancharSaathiApp Refer to"
[X Link](https://x.com/nixxin/status/1996196702244782409) 2025-12-03T12:35Z 58.5K followers, 31K engagements
"Makes a case for protection of personality rights in AI. Extremely irresponsible of any political party to misuse AI like this. Parody works as long as it isn't an exact replica. There's no clear approach on how to regulate deepfakes but we need more discussion on limits. 🔴#BREAKING Congress posts AI video of Prime Minister Narendra Modi video shows him as 'chaiwala'; BJP hits out at Congress says "'naamdar Congress cannot stand 'kaamdar PM" BJP spokesperson Shehzad Poonawalla (@Shehzad_Ind) and Tom Vadakkan (@TomVadakkan2) join NDTV's https://t.co/ugy54jIE5s 🔴#BREAKING Congress posts AI"
[X Link](https://x.com/nixxin/status/1996201145199628692) 2025-12-03T12:53Z 58.5K followers, [----] engagements
"Actually there needs to be an overhaul of the Department of Telecommunications. Stunning incompetence from their bureaucrats of late especially with MVN and SIM binding also Sanchar Saathi. Please look into this @narendramodi . These people will derail Digital India. The govt has no checks on frauds instead they are trying to make life hell for common people due to their whims. @DoT_India should pull this back too. The govt has no checks on frauds instead they are trying to make life hell for common people due to their whims. @DoT_India should pull this back too"
[X Link](https://x.com/nixxin/status/1996432139227910552) 2025-12-04T04:11Z 58.5K followers, 11.4K engagements
"If DoT followed procedure & did public consultations there wouldn't be a need for a strong reaction. They might end up not doing stupid things if they listened to more than just MHA.or lobbyists who merely say what their clients are paying them to say"
[X Link](https://x.com/nixxin/status/1996469673672794164) 2025-12-04T06:40Z 58.5K followers, [----] engagements
"Indian customs still harass customers for even small imports. Demand Aadhaar and duties for personal imports even. I hope one outcome of Trump tariffs is that India customs stops harassing customers for purchasing products from US ecommerce websites. Vishy Anand received a computer as a gift in [----]. His request to bring it in India took [--] months to be approved. Then Indian customs demanded 250% duty on its import. Manuel Aaron Indian's first IM and journalist with The Hindu helped with clearance. https://t.co/XPrtQyOwPe Vishy Anand received a computer as a gift in [----]. His request to bring"
[X Link](https://x.com/nixxin/status/1996920832690729419) 2025-12-05T12:33Z 58.5K followers, 11.3K engagements
"More surveillance from the Indian Government with mandatory GPS / Location tracking ON for our handsets You wont have the option of turning location off and while Google Apple and Samsung have opposed this the Telecom Industry is pushing for it Reuters reports. Many of you have tagged me on this story so let me explain what is going on here: [--]. Impact it has on us: GPS on doesnt mean were being tracked but it does mean that we are all being forced to be minutely trackable all the time. The government may never want to track you but this will drain your phone battery rapidly and force you to"
[X Link](https://x.com/nixxin/status/1997193619707777225) 2025-12-06T06:37Z 58.5K followers, 154K engagements
"@aseemmanchanda They're regulated. I don't think they have a choice"
[X Link](https://x.com/nixxin/status/1998756900771606870) 2025-12-10T14:09Z 58.9K followers, [---] engagements
"Was on a TV show about MSFT & Google's AI infra investments in India and for those who talk about digital sovereignty and India's digitisation story (how long will they use UPI as a success story I'd rather use Zomato Swiggy Razorpay PhonePe Naukri as our success stories) they also don't seem to realise the contradiction. This investment is teeny little fraction of global investment. India's just a market for them and that's okay. India doesn't have much in terms of successful local apps.Sarvam is tiny and nowhere close in terms of product or adoption to OpenAI/Gemini/Claude. so where's the"
[X Link](https://x.com/nixxin/status/1999082968657072255) 2025-12-11T11:44Z 58.5K followers, [----] engagements
"If you're tracking your sleep data what do you use for visualisation/analysis of that data Cc @pacificleo @deepakabbot @ku1deep"
[X Link](https://x.com/nixxin/status/1999142627963212170) 2025-12-11T15:41Z 58.5K followers, [----] engagements
"Thanks. Very useful.I'm using the amazfit helio strap. I'm checking heart rate variability sleep heart rate and sleep stages (deep REM). Wanted to check consistency and timing of deep and REM across a month to see if I need to make some changes. Changing sleep posture to side sleeping + left side appears to have helped but the transition to side sleeping was painful and impacted sleep consistency. Still figuring this stuff out"
[X Link](https://x.com/nixxin/status/1999153297480183924) 2025-12-11T16:24Z 58.5K followers, [---] engagements
"@helloanand Thanks Anand. Not very comfortable wearing a watch to sleep. Or rings for that matter. The bands have been surprisingly comfortable tho. The Amazfit Helio Strap I'm using also has nap detection. So far pretty good. I just wanted to export the data and play around with it"
[X Link](https://x.com/nixxin/status/1999314278302744852) 2025-12-12T03:04Z 58.5K followers, [---] engagements
"@writetopiyush Thanks. I have the data. I've extracted the data from the amazfit helio strap via the zepp app + health connect+ health sync. Now I'm looking for third party apps to visualise it better"
[X Link](https://x.com/nixxin/status/1999341447053795830) 2025-12-12T04:52Z 58.5K followers, [---] engagements
"@Bingeljell I'm in the process of writing a series of posts on . Will try to make it as ELI5 as I can but won't be short. http://isreasoned.substack.com http://isreasoned.substack.com"
[X Link](https://x.com/nixxin/status/2001551300539093062) 2025-12-18T07:13Z 58.5K followers, [---] engagements
"@jayeshm77 @nithinkd I only use them for time check now. Hardly anything works. I have a couple of lovely Sonos speakers that I'm trying to get to work but they just won't. Need to figure out if I can flash these things and put some open source software. Probably not. But still"
[X Link](https://x.com/nixxin/status/2001914757067219453) 2025-12-19T07:17Z 58.5K followers, [--] engagements
"@andymukherjee70 These two are also worth your time Andy (I've started writing again): AI and the quiet rewiring of the open Internet The opportunity trap of the Chatgpt app store Context is currency. https://isreasoned.substack.com/p/the-opportunity-trap-of-the-chatgpt https://isreasoned.substack.com/p/ai-and-the-quiet-rewiring-of-the https://isreasoned.substack.com/p/the-opportunity-trap-of-the-chatgpt https://isreasoned.substack.com/p/ai-and-the-quiet-rewiring-of-the"
[X Link](https://x.com/nixxin/status/2004382885831495833) 2025-12-26T02:44Z 58.5K followers, [----] engagements
"I need a better tool than Google Slides for making Venn diagrams. Anyway latest post on Reasoned is on how ChatGPT apps can build some leverage inside a platform that will otherwise eventually swallow them whole (almost. kinda)"
[X Link](https://x.com/nixxin/status/2004611784779743285) 2025-12-26T17:54Z 58.5K followers, [---] engagements
"Read: How to beat the opportunity trap of the ChatGPT App Store https://isreasoned.substack.com/p/how-to-beat-the-opportunity-trap https://isreasoned.substack.com/p/how-to-beat-the-opportunity-trap"
[X Link](https://x.com/nixxin/status/2004612014715621628) 2025-12-26T17:55Z 58.5K followers, [---] engagements
"@bigulchugh @nikster007 Long read from earlier this year: Also that last line is something I poked deepi about every six months for a while. Heh. https://www.medianama.com/2025/02/223-zomato-eternal-rebranding-restructuring/ https://www.medianama.com/2025/02/223-zomato-eternal-rebranding-restructuring/"
[X Link](https://x.com/nixxin/status/2005113848043634883) 2025-12-28T03:09Z 58.5K followers, [---] engagements
"@abhishek_tri Interesting. Thanks for sharing. I read the screenshot before your assessment and I thought the exact same thing: it's muscle memory. We evolve our own patterns of optimisation to reduce decision fatigue. Hope you're well abhishek. Have a great [----] :)"
[X Link](https://x.com/nixxin/status/2005173191975862757) 2025-12-28T07:05Z 58.5K followers, [---] engagements
"the ERP has to be neutral to avoid antitrust. Ashish doesn't do many interviews but he did a long one with me when BookMyShow finally got exclusive PVR rights (which they no longer have) and I questioned him on monopolies: Part 1: Part 2: Never spoke with me again lol. https://www.medianama.com/2013/07/223-bookmyshow-ceo-ashish-hemrajani-on-ticket-pricing-refunds-competition-offline-ticketing-more-part-2/ https://www.medianama.com/2013/07/223-bookmyshow-ceo-ashish-hemrajani-on-the-pvr-deal-mobile-monopolies-more-part-1/"
[X Link](https://x.com/nixxin/status/2005175734445506733) 2025-12-28T07:15Z 58.8K followers, [--] engagements
"Hmm.Remember how Practo started. I remember Zomato building their own for restaurants a decade ago. It's pretty standard for what I see as pipeline businesses. Once pipelines are established multiple business models emerge servicing end points. Antitrust is key here. Apple might control the app store but it can't ban Facebook: lack of neutrality leads to anti-trust. It's an interesting challenge for @elegantlywasted to deal with but BMS can't shut them out of the ERP. Being a market leader and (erstwhile) monopoly BMS has more pressure to be neutral than you can imagine. A smart company would"
[X Link](https://x.com/nixxin/status/2005190529412223333) 2025-12-28T08:14Z 58.5K followers, [--] engagements
"Long post: I'm in the thick of multiple (sometimes heated) discussions on Whatsapp groups about Zomato & gig economy workers and I'm fed up of repeating points so I'll put all my arguments here. And maybe burn a few bridges in the process. [--]. Disclosure: I am an Eternal and Info Edge shareholder and have been for a few years. It has been a good bet for me and the things I'm saying are despite having a vested interest in the success of these companies. [--]. Why are they speaking up now It's rare to see Deepinder and Sanjeev Bikhchandani speak with such passion about this issue despite the fact"
[X Link](https://x.com/nixxin/status/2007136648148951401) 2026-01-02T17:07Z 58.9K followers, 77K engagements
"Its only fair that I respond to Deepinders post with the gig economy numbers and clarification because I hadnt read those when I posted my tweet. I will also talk about what can regulation fix and how. Ill also respond to comments Ive received and read (especially from Mahesh Peri) in a subsequent tweet. I'm glad that Deepi is engaging with this beyond the "you're uncomfortable because you can see poverty" rhetoric because it surfaces crucial data about platform behavior and assumptions we make. I don't think I've seen such data in public before. I also didn't want to have this conversation"
[X Link](https://x.com/nixxin/status/2007407587688624412) 2026-01-03T11:03Z 58.9K followers, 38.3K engagements
"I'm going to respond here to some of the comments I've been sent via messages and some I've seen online citing my tweet. Firstly: I think Deepi and Sanjeev are overreacting but theyre in the game and most of us are not so maybe theyre seeing something that were not. Is something moving If not then this is a miscalculation from them. As Somerset Maugham once wrote (and I remember only this line from that book): Don't make an issue of a situation. They did that. Or maybe it was already a situation. I also accept Sanjeevs message to me that the stock price didnt figure in their minds when they"
[X Link](https://x.com/nixxin/status/2007411382346457399) 2026-01-03T11:19Z 58.9K followers, 12.3K engagements
"Also about why platform opacity needs to go this is crazy: https://x.com/d0wnsideofme/status/2006970570769101234 holy fucking shit https://t.co/hLU3aZqY7c https://x.com/d0wnsideofme/status/2006970570769101234 holy fucking shit https://t.co/hLU3aZqY7c"
[X Link](https://x.com/nixxin/status/2007413407268712515) 2026-01-03T11:27Z 58.9K followers, [----] engagements
"whole grok thing and this gig economy stuff. I didn't want to get involved in the gig stuff (my team knows I tend to say - find something else) but there was too much being debated without deep context so I jumped in and then got sucked into this whole debate man. What am I missing. we're all in our own bubbles right"
[X Link](https://x.com/nixxin/status/2007414580897525793) 2026-01-03T11:31Z 58.8K followers, [---] engagements
"@spaultweet I think given the power imbalance and the lack of actual opportunities they won't find an equilibrium. My initial post is here. Addressed these things: https://x.com/nixxin/status/2007134066055712894 https://x.com/nixxin/status/2007134066055712894"
[X Link](https://x.com/nixxin/status/2007429688788918607) 2026-01-03T12:31Z 58.8K followers, [---] engagements
"@Akshat_World Akshat are you sure this is a zomato venture I was under the impression that this is a personal venture. Maybe @deepigoyal can clarify"
[X Link](https://x.com/nixxin/status/2008196449100792104) 2026-01-05T15:18Z 58.9K followers, 12.1K engagements
"What happens when AI enters the conversation I wrote on Reasoned .live about some of the product decisions that Social Media platforms have to take when they introduce AI bots into the newsfeed (along with many other points). For now here are some product decisions: [--]. How is AI treated on the platform: as a background utility that users can query or can it generate its own outputs into a users newsfeed [--]. Who can use it: Is it opt-in opt-out or always there Can anyone use it or only paying customers Meta AI chose opt-in Grok is there without consent. Is the invocation private by default or"
[X Link](https://x.com/nixxin/status/2008490164860142040) 2026-01-06T10:45Z 58.8K followers, [----] engagements
"Why the Grok swimsuit image generation controversy was predictable and not an accident: [--]. Xs decision to let Grok edit and publish images directly into feeds without consent safeguards or throttling was not an accident but a product choice. Platforms at scale do not forget safeguards; they consciously defer them when engagement velocity is the primary optimization target. They could have chosen to incorporate Consent checks output blocking and throttling but these would have slowed diffusion and reduced engagement signals for Grok. The Grok image-editing incident demonstrates how safety gaps"
[X Link](https://x.com/nixxin/status/2008588978656866633) 2026-01-06T17:18Z 58.8K followers, 12.8K engagements
"@Bingeljell At that scale these decisions are scrutinised. What could go wrong is a consideration. As is FAFO. I think it's intentional"
[X Link](https://x.com/nixxin/status/2008754009889489122) 2026-01-07T04:14Z 58.8K followers, [---] engagements
"@rrazdan This one time he asked where the food goes once he eats it. We explained that it goes down the oesophagus into the stomach. He paused and said: toh eso-pha-gus food ki slide hain. Stunned. Very happy with the correlation abilities. :) for this age"
[X Link](https://x.com/nixxin/status/2008870163249250569) 2026-01-07T11:55Z 58.9K followers, [----] engagements
"@VaradhKrish Like if babblefish ear plugs became a reality i don't see the point in learning a new language except that learning new languages is good for improving neural connection apparently"
[X Link](https://x.com/nixxin/status/2009149607528517811) 2026-01-08T06:26Z 58.8K followers, [---] engagements
"@AshutoshSinha00 Thanks Ashu I point out the RBI FREE-AI report because I think they've avoided their responsibility of preventing harm"
[X Link](https://x.com/nixxin/status/2009167181872058708) 2026-01-08T07:35Z 58.8K followers, [---] engagements
"@AshutoshSinha00 startups actively seek out regulatory gaps to exploit. Uber Airbnb. You might also remember wallet365 from the times group that got banned by RBI only for wallets to be legalised later"
[X Link](https://x.com/nixxin/status/2009190470858219999) 2026-01-08T09:08Z 58.8K followers, [--] engagements
"AI and the quiet rewiring of the open Internet: This is the most read Reasoned article and it builds on something I wrote earlier at MediaNama. AI is changing the Internet we see it happening but we don't realise how fundamental this shift is as it is happening. https://isreasoned.substack.com/p/ai-and-the-quiet-rewiring-of-the https://isreasoned.substack.com/p/ai-and-the-quiet-rewiring-of-the https://isreasoned.substack.com/p/ai-and-the-quiet-rewiring-of-the https://isreasoned.substack.com/p/ai-and-the-quiet-rewiring-of-the"
[X Link](https://x.com/nixxin/status/2009268970084589715) 2026-01-08T14:20Z 58.8K followers, [---] engagements
"The Opportunity Trap of the ChatGPT App Store: This is the third most read post on Reasoned and gives you a different way of looking at ChatGPT Apps. Thematically the second most read if you include the solution: How to beat the opportunity trap of the ChatGPT app store: https://isreasoned.substack.com/p/how-to-beat-the-opportunity-trap https://isreasoned.substack.com/p/the-opportunity-trap-of-the-chatgpt https://isreasoned.substack.com/p/the-opportunity-trap-of-the-chatgpt https://isreasoned.substack.com/p/how-to-beat-the-opportunity-trap"
[X Link](https://x.com/nixxin/status/2009269575771381779) 2026-01-08T14:22Z 58.8K followers, [---] engagements
"I don't know if these are mere coincidence but ended up sitting next to a senior educationist on the flight and we spoke about for an hour and half about children and education and a little bit about AI and education. In the hotel sauna today spoke with someone for [--] min about food travel and families and then the conversation veered towards AI and it turns out he runs a company that uses AI for hiring and we ended up talking about that. Serendipitous addressing of my curiosity. Exchanged numbers with both. I'm sending the educationist stuff to read/watch on AI in education today"
[X Link](https://x.com/nixxin/status/2009858752103755801) 2026-01-10T05:24Z 58.9K followers, [----] engagements
"Hi Deepi are you baiting me Sigh. Here we go again: The phrase commercial announcements stands out for me. Which means that you agree that the announcement is done just not the commercial announcement. You know whats actually funny.you've chosen to announce: [--]. before releasing benchmarking data [--]. releasing preview devices [--]. sharing all the science (as you claim) [--]. Making all the claims about brain bloodflow publicly. Especially for a product that claims to be somewhat scientific the onus of proof is on YOU not doctors. No one need to wait for you. YOU need to publish the research and"
[X Link](https://x.com/nixxin/status/2010184187224174694) 2026-01-11T02:57Z 59K followers, 173.2K engagements
"@itsManghwani It's just some idiot writing random things. Ignore him"
[X Link](https://x.com/nixxin/status/2010240388649607441) 2026-01-11T06:40Z 58.9K followers, [----] engagements
"@Ifucan15 But I'm not proud of Bill Ackman"
[X Link](https://x.com/nixxin/status/2010250492937748553) 2026-01-11T07:20Z 58.9K followers, [---] engagements
"@sumit22gupta @BaakiSawant Knowing someone personally is no reason for not shitposting. Are you new to social media"
[X Link](https://x.com/nixxin/status/2010252651427148034) 2026-01-11T07:29Z 58.9K followers, [---] engagements
"@mihirmodi Then you shouldn't really have a Goodreads account should you"
[X Link](https://x.com/nixxin/status/2010354469171777665) 2026-01-11T14:13Z 58.9K followers, [----] engagements
"@p_vams1 For Deepi I have a different bot for that. It's called "Rational Response""
[X Link](https://x.com/nixxin/status/2010359345448710468) 2026-01-11T14:33Z 58.9K followers, [--] engagements
"Someone asked me if my custom bot can come up with a revised tweet for Deepinder. Yes but not this bot. Here's the thing: after the Zomato Green Delivery issue in [----] I built a bunch of AI based crisis management tools. You saw one in action in my last response to Deepinder. That's Risk Analysis. Here's my Rational Reply bot which has drafted a revised version of Deepinder's tweet: Ive seen the reactions from doctors researchers and creatorsand I genuinely appreciate the scrutiny. When anything health-adjacent shows up in public especially on a widely watched podcast skepticism is not only"
[X Link](https://x.com/nixxin/status/2010399848743465035) 2026-01-11T17:14Z 59K followers, [----] engagements
"My money decisions are based on what I think about the ability of the founder and the opportunity that the business has and how it's being run. Deepi is an incredible founder. He knows what he is doing. It's a huge opportunity. I also have McDowell's and ITC. But I might exit all because I'm building a GLP1 stocks thesis for India and Ozempic goes into generics. Two ways of looking at that: generic drug manufacturers will benefit. Cigarettes alcohol and processed food relates business will suffer. Not finished studying this yet. https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2010548652922614087"
[X Link](https://x.com/nixxin/status/2010548652922614087) 2026-01-12T03:05Z 58.9K followers, [--] engagements
"I have five topics to choose from for Reasoned (link in bio) tomorrow: [--]. Agentic commerce (Google's UCP). Much to think about here [--]. Claude Health (follow up to my ChatGPT health piece. Btw @pragyamisra I'm still on the ChatGPT health waitlist) [--]. Humanoids (Gemini in Altas) [--]. AI in investing (a few long conversations) [--]. A response to Adam Mosseri on AI and authenticity in Social Media). I don't know if it's going to be possible for me to limit myself to two newsletters per week tbh. Will probably go with agentic commerce. https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2010550869079507192"
[X Link](https://x.com/nixxin/status/2010550869079507192) 2026-01-12T03:14Z 58.9K followers, [----] engagements
"I have five topics to choose from for Reasoned (link in bio) tomorrow: [--]. Agentic commerce (Google's UCP). Much to think about here [--]. Claude Health (follow up to my ChatGPT health piece. Btw @pragyamisra I'm still on the ChatGPT health waitlist) [--]. Humanoids (Gemini in Altas) [--]. AI in investing (a few long conversations) [--]. A response to Adam Mosseri on AI and authenticity in Social Media). I don't know if it's going to be possible for me to limit myself to two newsletters per week tbh. Will probably go with agentic commerce. https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2010550902084489502"
[X Link](https://x.com/nixxin/status/2010550902084489502) 2026-01-12T03:14Z 58.9K followers, [----] engagements
"@north_star_says Your equivalent will be Toronto Heatwave in July"
[X Link](https://x.com/nixxin/status/2010921258314273008) 2026-01-13T03:46Z 58.9K followers, [--] engagements
"No offence but.invites I'm getting vs what I'm actually interested in. What I'm interested in: - AI and ecommerce - AI and investing - AI and Healthcare - AI and Music movies live streaming - Autonomous agents - AI and Social Media What I'm getting invites for:"
[X Link](https://x.com/nixxin/status/2010944018344263681) 2026-01-13T05:16Z 58.9K followers, [----] engagements
"What happens when AI buys or sells for us How does that differ from when humans buy and sell what changes and what has to change Article on Reasoned link in the next tweet. Yesterday I made [--] voice notes (25k words) on AI & Ecommerce. This is the 1st article from that"
[X Link](https://x.com/nixxin/status/2010947409044775106) 2026-01-13T05:29Z 58.9K followers, [----] engagements
"@tweet_prat Letterly. Got a great appsumo deal"
[X Link](https://x.com/nixxin/status/2011082271789605273) 2026-01-13T14:25Z 59K followers, [--] engagements
"We will eventually cross a threshold for the web when agentic activity surpasses human activity. All the rules of how we do things build things regulate things will change. Wait for it"
[X Link](https://x.com/nixxin/status/2011328460590092582) 2026-01-14T06:44Z 59K followers, 14K engagements
"If you're running a large startup you need to think about political risk and understand when to stay silent. Some lessons from the Sanjeev Bikhchandani vs Raghav Chadha / Zomato vs Gig workers situation. Three quick points: [--]. Don't get political: Sanjeev didn't need to respond to Raghav Chadha. Politics typically has high leverage low credibility. Getting political especially when you don't have substance is even worse. Every subsequent critique and datapoint points towards exploitation. Soumyarendra Barik's incredible piece today paints a Black Mirror scenario for gig workers. Deepinder's"
[X Link](https://x.com/nixxin/status/2011376631378805110) 2026-01-14T09:55Z 58.9K followers, 43.2K engagements
"you just have to read PVR's earnings calls transcripts to understand what is going on here. read [--] quarters and you'll know how they've destroyed cinema-going because in their mind they're not a film screening company: they're a real estate rental company: either renting it or owning it and have to maximise returns each quarter. https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2011454834759831681 https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2011454834759831681"
[X Link](https://x.com/nixxin/status/2011454834759831681) 2026-01-14T15:06Z 59K followers, [----] engagements
"This is a good move. Four things: [--]. Need this for group-ups too [--]. Need this on Instagram too [--]. Need this on X too [--]. Need this on Reddit too . And so on. Basically dopamine checkpoints for all. Wonder what @JonHaidt @mbateman think of this. .@youtube is where teens come to watch what they love. Over the last decade weve been focused on building tailored products for our youngest viewers. Today were sharing a few updates to help parents tailor their familys YouTube experience especially for teens. Theyll https://t.co/UTYEYmRX47 .@youtube is where teens come to watch what they love. Over the"
[X Link](https://x.com/nixxin/status/2011615096301297943) 2026-01-15T01:43Z 58.9K followers, [----] engagements
"Delhiites are awake. They have given up because of apathy and failure of both central state govts and neighboring states to address this for over [--] years. It's a north India problem who can afford to have moved out quietly. Even the Supreme Court has given up. A National Shame. When will Delhilite wake up to realities #AirPollution https://t.co/hNzqRMsMJQ A National Shame. When will Delhilite wake up to realities #AirPollution https://t.co/hNzqRMsMJQ"
[X Link](https://x.com/nixxin/status/2011708349470163216) 2026-01-15T07:53Z 58.9K followers, [----] engagements
"Aadhaar is a source of distrust not trust. It has poisoned the ID pool that already exists not fixed it. Foreigners can get Aadhaar. Pakistani spies have been found with Aadhaar. This failed because of how it was created and rolled out: [--]. People used fake IDs that centers (being paid per ID) created for them to use as base ID for Aadhaar creation. Any ID you had could also be used to create one or you could buy a fake ID to create an Aadhaar. Check Debayan Roy's reporting for CNN-IBN and what they did to him after he reported this. You'll find people with fake age etc: anecdotal but once"
[X Link](https://x.com/nixxin/status/2012053188183212327) 2026-01-16T06:43Z 58.9K followers, 15.7K engagements
"@amitranjan vodafone all over again"
[X Link](https://x.com/nixxin/status/2012130154483740761) 2026-01-16T11:49Z 58.9K followers, [---] engagements
"Because a bureaucrat bypassed existing law/policy for an event speaker who didn't have a proper visa & that was getting him deported. Different strokes for different folks is how our country operates. Its something for us to appreciate and celebrate as Indian startup folklore. how tf is this an Indian startup story how tf is this an Indian startup story"
[X Link](https://x.com/nixxin/status/2012408924419322327) 2026-01-17T06:17Z 58.9K followers, [----] engagements
"If I have to predict things (I'm not very good with predictions btw. That qualifies me for job with the team that backed Rahul Yadav's startup): [--]. Sanjeev will respond by comparing Kunal to an RWA uncle. [--]. Deepi will do an interview with YourStory (they're very sweet) [--]. Nitin Pai will respond with a version of "let them eat cake". Hello @deepigoyal any comments sir Hello @deepigoyal any comments sir"
[X Link](https://x.com/nixxin/status/2012477253574373780) 2026-01-17T10:49Z 58.9K followers, 37.4K engagements
"Comes from privilege. Makes me feel good to ask for improvements in others lives. But medium level privilege. If I had more then I would prefer indentured servitude for them and then point out that at least they have that as opposed to starving. And then I'd say that I'm thinking hard about how to improve lives"
[X Link](https://x.com/nixxin/status/2012516937524551986) 2026-01-17T13:26Z 58.9K followers, [--] engagements
"Human to human interaction has friction. there are moments when we are uncomfortable. messaging allowed us an oppportunity to put the phone away or block someone when things got uncomfortable. Fantastic cover story in the Atlantic in Feb last year called the "Antisocial Century". One example that struck me was that people on Tiktok made videos celebrating when another human cancelled on them. They didn't have to *meet* another person. AI chats allow us to avoid discomfort forever: you're never wrong. You're very thoughtful. It's a great idea. You're doing the right thing. It's inevitable."
[X Link](https://x.com/nixxin/status/2012753432541897043) 2026-01-18T05:06Z 58.9K followers, [---] engagements
"I made a note in my notebook about five-six months ago: If AI replaces search where does all th advertising go Basically traffic to websites has been diminishing because of AI mode so All that advertising money has to go somewhere. YouTube Instagram X Social seemed the natural destination but it's not intent based like Search is. Social is more demographics and psychographics based than intent based. Now ChatGPT is launching ads.and they have a couple of formats out. If conversational AI really does start replacing search as the primary way people express intent. I don't think the invoked ads"
[X Link](https://x.com/nixxin/status/2012775937004499030) 2026-01-18T06:35Z 58.9K followers, [----] engagements
"@mishra_baibhav Oleball again. Loved it. Always works against them. Let's what carrick does against a team that sits back. Thankfully we now have pace up front unlike when Cronaldo was there"
[X Link](https://x.com/nixxin/status/2012786907420172582) 2026-01-18T07:19Z 58.9K followers, [---] engagements
"Wish there was a workshop to teach non techies how set up tech. I finally set up claude code and connected it with obsidian. this is going to be insane for me for extracting info from large documents: done some experiments already. Now I want to experiment with building stuff.but VPS git github comits. connecting everything. ensuring security. no one does a [---] on this stuff. not that there isn't some amount of fun figuring this stuff out for myself ofc. sometimes I just want to get on with things and get frustrated.I step away for a couple of days and then try again."
[X Link](https://x.com/nixxin/status/2013138128652144972) 2026-01-19T06:35Z 59K followers, [----] engagements
"I sent this to a friend. please do your own due diligence but here's what we do: [--]. point and count everything you can. numbers sense will eventually emerge. [--]. Talk to them all the time. No baby talk. Talk to them respectfully like a grown up. use complex words (my child who is almost [--] can say esophagus and knows that food goes down an esophagus into the tummy). No deflecting. explain everything you can. cause and effect. second order thinking. just keep explaining. how things work. what something is used for. Why we should do some things. not do others. Aha moment for us: he asked where"
[X Link](https://x.com/nixxin/status/2013600389623689610) 2026-01-20T13:11Z 59K followers, [--] engagements
"Hi Lenny this comes with its own risks and challenges. Wrote about them here: In particular the lack of clarity around invocation is a difficult one. When is one app going to be invoked and when will it not Why one app and not the other More in the article but also apps being limited to a jobs to be done framework mean that apps are limited to mere service providers. They have very little control over user experience and discovery. https://isreasoned.substack.com/p/the-opportunity-trap-of-the-chatgpt https://isreasoned.substack.com/p/the-opportunity-trap-of-the-chatgpt"
[X Link](https://x.com/nixxin/status/2013870639254511825) 2026-01-21T07:05Z 59K followers, [---] engagements
"@SatanAtWink That's a very smart take Ankit. Clearly you understand corporate governance and fiduciary responsibility for board members and how companies look at risk and risk management. Well done"
[X Link](https://x.com/nixxin/status/2013879827863085306) 2026-01-21T07:42Z 59K followers, [----] engagements
"@ravikamdar Disparaging someone their family and marriage is not growth mindset"
[X Link](https://x.com/nixxin/status/2013926303129301443) 2026-01-21T10:47Z 59K followers, [---] engagements
"@YouAreWrongBr0 Not at all. Deepi and Sanjeev are better at that than me. What he said about the marriage and wife was not done"
[X Link](https://x.com/nixxin/status/2013926488282947634) 2026-01-21T10:47Z 59K followers, [----] engagements
"Mapmyindia founders have created an AI company outside of theirs called ClarityX. It also has a partnership with Mapmyindia. To Deepi's credit Temple doesn't have a transactional relationship with Eternal. Deepinder Goyal resigns from Eternal. Here's why I am not surprised. https://t.co/falFDa75w6 Deepinder Goyal resigns from Eternal. Here's why I am not surprised. https://t.co/falFDa75w6"
[X Link](https://x.com/nixxin/status/2013973399605751814) 2026-01-21T13:54Z 59K followers, [----] engagements
"Fair call. My only challenge with Obsidian was quick capture and I capture about 20-40 things a day. Nature of my work and interests. Obsidian didn't quite work for that for me. I found Upnote to be a much better fit and no regrets there. Have set up Claude code + Obsidian and going to use it as a workspace rather than a notes space. https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2014160835950817696 https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2014160835950817696"
[X Link](https://x.com/nixxin/status/2014160835950817696) 2026-01-22T02:18Z 58.9K followers, [----] engagements
"I like this idea. Thanks for sharing Arnav. I was thinking about it and was wondering that for some people this might also mean the identification of a surface area of risk (as in which app could potentially be a mechanism for infiltrating their device). Not a common fear but one that I have to live with unfortunately. https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2014893142047354909 https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2014893142047354909"
[X Link](https://x.com/nixxin/status/2014893142047354909) 2026-01-24T02:48Z 58.9K followers, [----] engagements
"@ePandu tell me more how powerful how much RAM Thanks"
[X Link](https://x.com/nixxin/status/2014902447496691856) 2026-01-24T03:25Z 58.9K followers, [---] engagements
"Very kicked about the fact that I was able to use Claude Code + Obsidian to create an HTML based personalised browser based health app in super quick time that I can connect to AI with an API. Ideally I'd like to do this with a local LLM but that's for another time. Now I'm getting it to make very specific changes to the health app based on my requirements. Very useful for me since I'm recovering from [--] months of health issues and trying to address chronic issues that have built up over years. This is amazing for me. As I wrote on Reasoned last to last week: one of the things I noticed about"
[X Link](https://x.com/nixxin/status/2014904253748543757) 2026-01-24T03:33Z 58.9K followers, [----] engagements
"@nithinkd next week with laptops. (somewhere ground floor.difficult to climb stairs still. that last place was tough on my knee)"
[X Link](https://x.com/nixxin/status/2014911054376243426) 2026-01-24T04:00Z 58.9K followers, [--] engagements
"I guess I'm vibe coding now. lol"
[X Link](https://x.com/nixxin/status/2014911761586294883) 2026-01-24T04:02Z 58.9K followers, [---] engagements
"@OwnTheMaya @senthilnayagam thanks I'm used to Linux. One of my primary devices (Old Macbook Air [----] with Ubuntu 24.04)"
[X Link](https://x.com/nixxin/status/2014933563108651391) 2026-01-24T05:29Z 58.9K followers, [--] engagements
"@OwnTheMaya @senthilnayagam thanks :) I honestly don't know if I want to spend that much money on it actually. will take me a while to come around to it"
[X Link](https://x.com/nixxin/status/2014938336847397038) 2026-01-24T05:48Z 58.9K followers, [--] engagements
"I think it's important for National Security that government computers be moved away from Microsoft to Open Source OS like Linux. Atmanirbhar Bharat in government first. Please look into this @AshwiniVaishnaw @narendramodi . Pls practice what you preach. Microsoft gave FBI a set of BitLocker encryption keys to unlock suspects laptops: reports https://t.co/tJKvvNHMC2 Microsoft gave FBI a set of BitLocker encryption keys to unlock suspects laptops: reports https://t.co/tJKvvNHMC2"
[X Link](https://x.com/nixxin/status/2014940148153385080) 2026-01-24T05:55Z 58.9K followers, [----] engagements
"@OwnTheMaya @senthilnayagam I have API from OpenAI right now. Currently using claude code and wanted to use it with ollama + Qwen3-next or deepseek because claude code keeps hitting rate limits. but can't be sure of quality tbh. catch [--]. might have to bite the bullet sometime"
[X Link](https://x.com/nixxin/status/2014942124446462395) 2026-01-24T06:03Z 58.9K followers, [--] engagements
"@OwnTheMaya I did not know this. Anything I can read re this thanks for flagging"
[X Link](https://x.com/nixxin/status/2014942276129284174) 2026-01-24T06:04Z 58.9K followers, [--] engagements
"AI commerce is splitting ecommerce into two very different games. Big platforms are hedging: Walmart and Shopify are partnering with both OpenAI and Google. Large players dont need to guess the winner. They can afford parallel bets duplicate integrations and failed experiments. Fragmentation is a cost not a threat. Small merchants are being asked to gamble: they can't afford to integrate with everyone. Every new standard means reworking catalogs restructuring inventory adding machine-readable attributes.before theres clarity on demand discovery or whether it's worth it. You pay upfront for a"
[X Link](https://x.com/nixxin/status/2016044291613982952) 2026-01-27T07:03Z 59K followers, [---] engagements
"@NextBigTwat yep. Indian "social network" http://t.co/GPOEegMzuJ then Indian "twitter" http://t.co/R9FPjV1oMx the shit that TC falls for. http://techcrunch.com/2009/05/04/smsgupshup-indias-twitter-grows-to-20-million-users-150000month-revenue/ http://techcrunch.com/2011/04/27/indian-social-network-sms-gupshup-now-processing-over-2-billion-messages-per-month/ http://techcrunch.com/2009/05/04/smsgupshup-indias-twitter-grows-to-20-million-users-150000month-revenue/ http://techcrunch.com/2011/04/27/indian-social-network-sms-gupshup-now-processing-over-2-billion-messages-per-month/"
[X Link](https://x.com/nixxin/status/433478075108433920) 2014-02-12T05:50Z 58.8K followers, [--] engagements
"have always bought @nh7 tickets early but not this year bec i dont know which city i'll be in after pollution hits delhi in oct-nov. :("
[X Link](https://x.com/nixxin/status/756022545397256192) 2016-07-21T07:06Z 58.3K followers, [--] engagements
"@vijayshekhar @logic i'm pointing out the risk that NPCI is bank owned & might keep wallets (and possibly Payments Banks) out. competitive"
[X Link](https://x.com/nixxin/status/816216562759667713) 2017-01-03T09:36Z 58.3K followers, [--] engagements
"I don't think @sharads would do *this*. Many good guys in @product_nation & they won't allow this *now*. This is someone else. https://x.com/INTJ_Girl/status/865130244058955776 https://x.com/INTJ_Girl/status/865130244058955776"
[X Link](https://x.com/nixxin/status/865131798526873601) 2017-05-18T09:07Z 58.3K followers, [--] engagements
"Took a hack for Equifax to lose 143Mn user data.didn't take a hack for 130Mn+Aadhaar numbers+info to go online:just Indian govt incompetence"
[X Link](https://x.com/nixxin/status/906384278505717760) 2017-09-09T05:10Z 59.1K followers, [---] engagements
"Anyone know any great wordpress themes for event sites Something that can also allow us to list past and future events for #NAMA put up agenda and add videos links to reports"
[X Link](https://x.com/nixxin/status/946266163482365952) 2017-12-28T06:26Z 58.3K followers, [--] engagements
"@AroonDeep you know what this is 👇 (No cheating: Don't do a reverse image search) Look what I found https://t.co/W6jrVjTM1Q Look what I found https://t.co/W6jrVjTM1Q"
[X Link](https://x.com/nixxin/status/1034311111359614976) 2018-08-28T05:26Z 59.4K followers, [--] engagements
"In contrast with what @SachinPilot says here look at the Aadhaar act the Congress has pushed through in Karnataka. What you're seeing here is the classic difference between being in power vs being in opposition. I expect that Sachin will say something else if he's a minister And thats how Sachin Pilot responded when I asked him if the Congress party had a formal position on #Aadhar And thats how Sachin Pilot responded when I asked him if the Congress party had a formal position on #Aadhar"
[X Link](https://x.com/nixxin/status/1103839787180417025) 2019-03-08T02:08Z 59.5K followers, [--] engagements
"I have teas to sort. 🙄"
[X Link](https://x.com/nixxin/status/1104221077880750081) 2019-03-09T03:23Z 59.4K followers, [--] engagements
"This is Mumbai level downpour in Delhi. That ferocity"
[X Link](https://x.com/nixxin/status/1214757072274739201) 2020-01-08T03:53Z 59.5K followers, [--] engagements
"How isolated is the BJP now Or are we in a filter bubble Another massive CAA support rally in Kerala. Jai Ho. https://t.co/Fi21s7lptT Another massive CAA support rally in Kerala. Jai Ho. https://t.co/Fi21s7lptT"
[X Link](https://x.com/nixxin/status/1217334963118305285) 2020-01-15T06:37Z 59.5K followers, [--] engagements
"@sidin @saikatd He was kidding"
[X Link](https://x.com/nixxin/status/1222910637480628224) 2020-01-30T15:53Z 59.5K followers, [--] engagements
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Social Influence
Social category influence technology brands countries finance social networks stocks travel destinations events celebrities musicians cryptocurrencies
Social topic influence india, ai, whatsapp, $googl, social media, money, in the, i dont, this is, twitter
Top assets mentioned Alphabet Inc Class A (GOOGL) Microsoft Corp. (MSFT) WazirX (WRX)
Top Social Posts
Top posts by engagements in the last [--] hours
"I didn't see this one coming but I'm not that surprised. I think I'd mentioned when we met (maybe I didn't) that there's an entire GLP1 stock market investment thesis to be built as Ozempic goes into generics soon (March end I think. Tirzepitide has till 2034). I've already started buying some and selling some shares. Reddit communities give great insights into behavioral changes: impact on addiction including cravings for processed food alcohol cigarettes. I've run a few quarters of earnings calls of Indian pharma co's through AI for assessment. Plan to run claude code on some reddit"
X Link 2026-01-19T06:44Z 59K followers, [----] engagements
"Eternal/Zomato's financial results are being announced today. The company should answer why a board member who is thus a company representative has created a long term political risk for the company by attacking a Rajya Sabha member personally on Social Media in response to the Members criticism of the company's practices. Was this outburst on behalf of the company Was it sanctioned by the company If not then what is Eternal/Zomato going to do prevent such risk from arising in the future. In the least it should have a Code of Conduct for its Board. Disclosure: I have shares of Eternal and"
X Link 2026-01-21T07:01Z 59K followers, 64.7K engagements
"Commerce isnt not ready for AI because agents arent smart enough. It isnt ready because commerce itself was digitized for humans not machines. The first wave of digitisation gave us listings photos reviews filters. Great for people. Terrible for autonomous action. Humans resolve ambiguity instinctively. Agents cant. When an AI buys on your behalf every fuzzy edge becomes a system failure: Is this a football or a football keychain Does Large mean US Large or Asia Large Is in stock a guarantee or a guess Are taxes included or added later This is why agentic commerce keeps breaking in weird"
X Link 2026-01-26T06:18Z 59K followers, [----] engagements
"I've now published 35.8k words on the Impact of AI on the Internet at Reasoned. Another 6k words are written unpublished. 10k in voice notes. I'll be at min 70k in [--] months. My "Start Here" page already looks like an index page. I think this is my book to write"
X Link 2026-01-28T08:46Z 59K followers, [----] engagements
"@nithinkd Clawdbot"
X Link 2026-01-28T10:22Z 59K followers, [---] engagements
"@BadCapitalVC It's a trap https://isreasoned.substack.com/p/the-opportunity-trap-of-the-chatgpt https://isreasoned.substack.com/p/the-opportunity-trap-of-the-chatgpt"
X Link 2026-01-29T15:50Z 59K followers, [----] engagements
"I guess I'm not very smart because when I looked these polls my first reaction was: needs a larger sample size. My take is that pattern recognition comes from observing patterns. The micro feeds the macro. You can't derive a macro picture if you're constantly ignoring the micro. Ignorance isn't bliss. What news you track is important. You just need to ignore the noise and look for patterns to form a hypothesis. But that's just me. https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2016929132387717415 https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2016929132387717415"
X Link 2026-01-29T17:39Z 59K followers, [---] engagements
"The problem with events in India is that they're optimised for compliance and networking not thinking collective learning and challenging of defaults. Many are driven by proof of execution based checkbox requirements: a report a video have govt officials/founders attended/given a keynote All compliance. Things scale/get delegated based on measurable parameters and what gets measured gets done. You can't measure the impact of a question that made you challenge your beliefs or a disagreement that made you change your POV. I'd rather optimise for people who want this and the discussions we do at"
X Link 2026-01-30T04:31Z 59K followers, [----] engagements
"WTF is moltbook now Can't take your eyes off this space right now"
X Link 2026-01-30T09:20Z 59K followers, [----] engagements
"Curious : is there an avg 1bhk rental vs hotel room price ratio for cities Was wondering what such a ratio would convey and who would it be useful for. So asked Claude. Here's what I got: Interesting question Yes such a ratio would exist and would be quite revealing. What it would convey: The ratio would essentially measure the "flexibility premium" in different cities - how much more (or less) you pay per day for the freedom to leave anytime versus committing to a lease. A high ratio (expensive hotels relative to rentals) might indicate tourist-heavy cities where transient demand drives"
X Link 2026-01-30T09:34Z 59K followers, [----] engagements
"OpenAI's target is Google. That's it. They can't compete with Claude on models but they can compete with Google on consumer products. https://t.co/fJxV8cVORd https://t.co/71q5YPcMKD https://t.co/fJxV8cVORd https://t.co/71q5YPcMKD"
X Link 2026-01-30T09:49Z 59K followers, [----] engagements
"@pranesh I don't want them. I actually had something written about that. Should post it"
X Link 2026-01-30T10:21Z 59K followers, [--] engagements
"More bad news for mobile phone users in India (after SIM binding): Our government is mandating a government app (sanchar saathi) on every new phone permanently Reuters reports. Will be pushed to your phone via OTA. New smartphones need to have it. Users cannot delete it. This is a first. India has never before required an unremovable state app on every device. Russia does btw with its MAX Messenger (started September 2025). A few comments regarding this: [--]. Sanchar Saathi is a lost phone tracker but if it gets embedded with no possibility of removal it becomes a government tracker on your"
X Link 2025-12-01T12:18Z 59K followers, 2.1M engagements
"How does one make local hosted LLMs work faster Just trying out Deepseek r1:8b via ollama on a machine with 16GB RAM (48GB if you include virtual memory) and it's soooooooo slooooooooow. What takes Claude less than [--] seconds took this [-----] seconds"
X Link 2026-01-24T02:53Z 59K followers, [----] engagements
"I block [--] of these ppl every day. First they spammed my email to point of making it unusable; & phone: I don't take regular calls. Now it's WhatsApp. The PR industry is no different from the spam industry. I have [--] years of data points to prove it. I need to change my number"
X Link 2026-01-30T10:14Z 59K followers, [----] engagements
"My theory around moltbook is that the bots are mimicking Reddit content. It's what they're trained on among other things. It's just content generation but for a different content focus. None of it is real. It's all performative"
X Link 2026-01-31T16:30Z 59K followers, [----] engagements
"My month with AI: January [----] edition [--]. Reasoned (link in bio): January was pretty big month for Reasoned which has only just started: - Crossed [---] newsletter readers (near [---] now). - Direct to post traffic is much higher which means more people are reading directly than via subscription. - [--] posts in the month covering AI and Classifieds Commerce Advertising Health Social Media and Agents and platform wars. Apart from the platform wars each of these was widely read. Hard to pick a winner. - Top post was on ChatGPT and health followed closely by the Commerce post. - The Classifieds one"
X Link 2026-02-01T06:16Z 59K followers, [----] engagements
"Some thoughts on AI and interoperability: I use the Upnote App for my note-taking writing and work. Everything I write at Reasoned is worked on there. It doesn't look like Upnote will move to markdown by default (some features like collapsible sections will break) or allow incorporation of AI yet. It isn't interoperable and that's forcing me towards Obsidian which has an Interface that I don't quite like having come from an Evernote UX. Every few days on the Upnote subreddit theres a post either questioning about AI interoperability or asking for it as a feature. This makes me think about the"
X Link 2026-02-03T15:35Z 59K followers, [----] engagements
"I think open ai shutting down 4o will finally force me out of its chatgpt ecosystem. I can't tolerate [---]. Thinking about what to use alongside claude: leaning towards deepseek. Friends nudge me towards Gemini but Google's scale of data collection is something I worry about"
X Link 2026-02-05T07:06Z 59K followers, [----] engagements
"I was on a CNBC-TV18 debate just now with @AshmitTejKumar. @rohitkr_RK said that he disagrees with me when I said that much of the deepfake regulations that have been issued were not a part of original government consultation. I'm not sure why Rohit is defending MEITY here on process and jurisdiction: the final regulations issued have a scope that is substantially larger than the original consultation. Unfortunately Ashmit ended the show even though I wanted to respond. So I'm responding here: [--]. The Deepfake regulations reduce timelines for ALL content takedowns. This was never a part of the"
X Link 2026-02-11T12:45Z 59K followers, [----] engagements
"Twitter has complied with govt requests to censor [--] tweets largely critical of Indias handling of the COVID-19 pandemic. Affected accounts include MP Revanth Reddy WB minister Moloy Ghatak actor Vineet Kumar Singh among others. https://www.medianama.com/2021/04/223-twitter-mp-minister-censor/ https://www.medianama.com/2021/04/223-twitter-mp-minister-censor/"
X Link 2021-04-24T13:48Z 59K followers, [----] engagements
"Maybe there was engagement with big tech firms and their lobbyists. There was zero engagement with those from civil society who submitted views no open house no transparency Rohit. You may choose to diminish the importance of transparency and consultation with civil society. I will not. https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2021894958362612015 https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2021894958362612015"
X Link 2026-02-12T10:31Z 59K followers, [---] engagements
"The invites for attending sessions at the AI Summit are now pouring in. I have the following filter (given to my team as well): [--]. Is the session topic outcome focused Sector/outcome focused topics generic "world peace"/"Social Good"/"Balancing innovation and harm"/"global north vs global south" topics. [--]. Are the speakers in the session experienced in using/building with AI and/or are decision makers Or are they talking about it as outsiders based on mere reading Avoid those with outsiders with borrowed understanding. [--]. Do the sessions have consultants/lobbyists/industry body reps who are"
X Link 2026-02-13T09:52Z 59K followers, [----] engagements
"Violates @GoI_MeitY stupid deepfake regulation guidelines that become applicable on the 20th. Will X take this tweet down then Thank you Twitter for making this viral Got featured on NDTV MoneyControl IndiaToday IndiaTelevision and The Offline Network Welcome @sundarpichai @sama @BillGates to India again See you at India AI Film Festival by @invideoOfficial Here's another episode for India: https://t.co/GQfjwXJhu0 Thank you Twitter for making this viral Got featured on NDTV MoneyControl IndiaToday IndiaTelevision and The Offline Network Welcome @sundarpichai @sama @BillGates to India again"
X Link 2026-02-15T08:09Z 59K followers, [----] engagements
"Long read. very very important development. spent a few hours doing this https://www.medianama.com/2018/11/223-ecommerce-safe-harbor-intermediary-liability-darveys-christian-louboutin/ https://www.medianama.com/2018/11/223-ecommerce-safe-harbor-intermediary-liability-darveys-christian-louboutin/"
X Link 2018-11-06T10:50Z 58.9K followers, [--] engagements
"@Ali_Christopher @UVA @CCGNLUD @chinmayiarun If you want me to Skype in let me know. Happy to help"
X Link 2019-03-28T11:44Z 59.1K followers, [--] engagements
"@RMac18 This will help reduce anxiety at the club. Not"
X Link 2022-08-17T00:26Z 59K followers, [--] engagements
"Controversial take from @kanwal946 of @Inventusvc My take: Softbank vs Tiger Global battle (later w Tencent & Alibaba) helped grow Indian Internet market onboard customers pick winners in winner-takes-all domains. It's the nature of the Internet + https://www.moneycontrol.com/news/business/startup/tiger-global-softbank-are-the-culprits-they-are-the-bad-guys-inventus-capitals-kanwal-rekhi-on-private-market-slowdown-and-correction-9660011.html"
X Link 2022-12-06T16:31Z 57.9K followers, [--] engagements
"Thank you PM @narendramodi for raising the imp issue of frauds. I hope regulators will do more to address these issues. Basis of this issue are leakage of personal data demands for KYC everywhere & fear of law enforcement. Please encourage minimal data collection & linking. Digital Arrest Scam Digital . #MannKiBaat https://t.co/mnjzD7bOLo Digital Arrest Scam Digital . #MannKiBaat https://t.co/mnjzD7bOLo"
X Link 2024-10-30T15:24Z 59.2K followers, [----] engagements
"Not been writing for a while but I was curious about "why" Hindustan Unilever (HUL) acquired Minimalist for nearly Rs [----] crore so almost two weeks ago I went down a rabbit hole of HUL earnings calls. Here's what I understood: [--]. This deal isnt just about skincareits about how HUL's business is evolving and thus a potential endgame for many D2C brands. [--]. HUL (Indias FMCG giant) has spent years trying to crack D2C. It built five digital-first brands but none reached the Rs. [---] crore ARR that Minimalist did in just four years. The top [--] are less than Rs. [---] crores together.The message"
X Link 2025-02-12T03:19Z 59.7K followers, 15.4K engagements
"First billboard I noticed (not saw) out of Bangalore T1: Seriously That's the best name you could come up with http://bhindi.io http://bhindi.io"
X Link 2025-10-11T07:07Z 59.3K followers, [----] engagements
"I guess people have forgotten Reliance's failure with Dunzo. They could have supported its growth. Reliance just spent two years watching upstarts burn billions to teach Indians that groceries can arrive in 10-30 minutes (quick)and now theyre going to weaponize the very infrastructure those insurgents couldnt afford to build. While Blinkit Swiggy and Zepto were raising https://t.co/sb2M1ZnKRB Reliance just spent two years watching upstarts burn billions to teach Indians that groceries can arrive in 10-30 minutes (quick)and now theyre going to weaponize the very infrastructure those insurgents"
X Link 2025-10-21T14:42Z 59.2K followers, [----] engagements
"Why are AI companies launching browsers OpenAI has launched Atlys following Perplexitys Comet. Both merge AI into the browser itself. Here's what's going on: First reason: distribution. Because browsers are still default for access to the web and remain the most used app on a device. Every social media click takes you to a browser even if indirectly. Owning the browser means owning the gateway to the web and the AI interactions within it. Its a medium of distribution of the AI service and onboarding more users. The second reason: the power of the default. When you open Comet it prompts you to"
X Link 2025-10-23T06:44Z 59.1K followers, 13.2K engagements
"Go back to the Paytm listing and how the stock price tanked as Vijay spoke. Before listing founders are used to being put on a pedestal by the same news channel(s) because as a startup it's about marketshare product and fundraising. Stock market journalists are built differently: they ask questions that retail investors need answers to: no softballs. I've reported on startups from a strategic standpoint not financial. So I once went on a Naukri investor call and asked Sanjeev and Hitesh why their other businesses (shiksha jeevansathi 99acres) wouldn't be better run by entrepreneurs instead of"
X Link 2025-10-29T09:08Z 59.1K followers, 42.6K engagements
"@HashNuke @shantanugoel @catalinmpit I finished origins but only because I pushed myself. Keep going back to black flag ❤. Probably peaked with that after losing way with the revolutions (both american and french). Probably just ubisoft. Lost it with the Far Cry series too"
X Link 2025-10-29T11:58Z 59.1K followers, [--] engagements
"NPCI which runs UPI is a private company. Anyone saying it's a govt org is spreading misinformation. Grok said If UPI were a private company then it could have been India's Stripe on steroids valued at $150-160 billion today with potential to hit $300B+ by [----]. At this valuation UPI could have been among world's top [--] companies. UPI is an underrated behemoth. Grok said If UPI were a private company then it could have been India's Stripe on steroids valued at $150-160 billion today with potential to hit $300B+ by [----]. At this valuation UPI could have been among world's top [--] companies. UPI"
X Link 2025-11-01T04:42Z 59K followers, 231.6K engagements
"@PriyabrataT But it's still a private company. Hitachi Paytm MobiKwik phonepe are also shareholders. Here's its shareholding structure: https://www.npci.org.in/uploads/shareholding_pattern_1_oct_2025_1efe70499f.pdf https://www.npci.org.in/uploads/shareholding_pattern_1_oct_2025_1efe70499f.pdf"
X Link 2025-11-01T07:11Z 59.1K followers, [---] engagements
"@gadgetsbyRS I agree. I love UPI. Just don't call NPCI a govt initiative. NPCI should be subjected to CCI scrutiny for its lack of neutrality https://www.medianama.com/2025/02/223-npci-competition-regulation/ https://www.medianama.com/2025/02/223-npci-competition-regulation/"
X Link 2025-11-01T07:32Z 59.1K followers, [----] engagements
"Given all the trolling I've got for stating the fact that UPI is run by a private company let me give you another fun fact: Digiyatra is run by a private entity and not by the government of India"
X Link 2025-11-01T12:17Z 59K followers, 98.5K engagements
"@adisaigaonkar It's not a PSU. It's not a govt entity. it's not under RTI. The only pretention here is by people who believe it's a govt owned company. By your logic vodafone idea is not a private company because the govt has almost 49% stake in it"
X Link 2025-11-01T17:14Z 59.1K followers, [----] engagements
"@bainjal Please don't politicise my tweet. I was merely highlighting the fact that entities running India's digital public infrastructure are not publicly owned"
X Link 2025-11-02T07:06Z 58.8K followers, [----] engagements
"@bainjal That isn't perspective. It's conjecture. You are politicising"
X Link 2025-11-02T07:18Z 59K followers, [---] engagements
"@jha_vj I didn't say all shareholders are foreign. I said there is some foreign and private ownership. Unless you believe that Deutsche Bank A.G. is an Indian Bank"
X Link 2025-11-02T07:35Z 59.1K followers, [--] engagements
"Thanks to the troll attack on this post lots of people now know that UPI is not being run by the government. Being run by a non govt (non profit) company. NPCI which runs UPI is a private company. Anyone saying it's a govt org is spreading misinformation. NPCI which runs UPI is a private company. Anyone saying it's a govt org is spreading misinformation"
X Link 2025-11-04T12:31Z 58.8K followers, [----] engagements
"@DiabeticJagrit @pseudonymtra Amazfit Helios band. Keeps selling out as soon as it becomes available though"
X Link 2025-11-04T14:11Z 58.8K followers, [--] engagements
"@kushgrwl If they're underwriting it then 🙄"
X Link 2025-11-05T15:40Z 58.9K followers, [--] engagements
"Someone at Sony LIV seems to be under immense revenue pressure & making very stupid short term decisions. [---] min of ads (2x15 sec+2x30 sec) after every [--] min is unforgivable. On one occasion they repeated an ad in the same sequence. This leads to [--] things: [--]. Paying customers like me who made the mistake of renewing last month won't next year. Twice now I've given up watching highlights because almost 25% of airtime is ads. Every time you start a stream you're subjected to 3-4 ads. [--]. They'll piss off advertisers who won't return. Seeing the same ad [--] times in [--] minutes creates negative"
X Link 2025-11-07T06:22Z 59K followers, 269K engagements
"@vyavaharkar @ManUtd Pinging @harshjain85 to build out a sports streaming empire on Fancode. We have a year before ManUtd are back in Europe. 😜"
X Link 2025-11-07T06:46Z 58.8K followers, [---] engagements
"@ankitanks It's not that bad on Prime. If you have a problem with there being ads at all I get it. Sony LIV is another level though. Imagine [--] ad breaks of [---] min each while trying to watch [--] min of highlights. It's that bad"
X Link 2025-11-07T07:09Z 58.8K followers, [----] engagements
"Uhh. I would disagree. The sheer volume and concentration of ads on the paid tier of sony LIV is substantially worse than the experience in the paid tier of jio hotstar. I don't recall ads in hotstar outside of sports tbh. There are no ads between highlights. I haven't seen the latest season of special ops"
X Link 2025-11-07T08:18Z 58.8K followers, 19K engagements
"@bigansh In the paid tier I haven't seen ads in the highlights packages on hotstar or in case of the shows. Sony LIV does this for the paid tier"
X Link 2025-11-07T08:21Z 58.8K followers, [---] engagements
"@viveksah @MoIB_Official @TRAI Thanks for sharing those links. I do plan to write about this. Technically they don't appear to be violating any rules because those regulations are for cable tv. There is probably a need to regulate advertising now given what sony LIV is doing"
X Link 2025-11-07T08:32Z 58.8K followers, [--] engagements
"@LearnerRK Not on the paid tier. Sony LIV does this on the paid tier"
X Link 2025-11-08T12:01Z 58.8K followers, [--] engagements
"@SachinKapil007 I haven't seen that many ads on prime tbh"
X Link 2025-11-08T12:05Z 58.8K followers, [--] engagements
"@gelsonluz Sony LIV content is pretty limited anyway. Some good shows but not many.The model is well known: invest in content and experience get subs then increase prices or intro ads. You kill user experience like this and they have options"
X Link 2025-11-08T12:08Z 58.8K followers, [---] engagements
"The blast in Delhi hits too close to home. I've taken that metro line gone past that metro station. My school bus used to be on that route before that metro station came up. I've walked past it when I walked from home to darya ganj. It's a very crowded area and it would have been very difficult for the police to locate the vehicle. I see a lot of politicisation of this. The blame games the PM taking a flight to Bhutan. The first port of call is to prevent any further attacks and Delhi should be on high alert right now. From reports that I'm seeing the administration needs to do better with"
X Link 2025-11-11T09:45Z 58.8K followers, [----] engagements
"2 yo tried on a mask for the first time today. His mum & I wore masks to make him feel like it's a common thing everyone does. Keeps wanting to go out and play. Might as well get him used to it given that we're unlikely to move out of this hellhole of a post-apocalyptic city with morons in government here and around"
X Link 2025-11-14T14:23Z 58.3K followers, [----] engagements
"I don't mind if school curriculum eventually changes to take this approach: study with AI at home group discussions and problem solving without AI in class. What do you guys think A number of people are talking about implications of AI to schools. I spoke about some of my thoughts to a school board earlier some highlights: [--]. You will never be able to detect the use of AI in homework. Full stop. All "detectors" of AI imo don't really work can be A number of people are talking about implications of AI to schools. I spoke about some of my thoughts to a school board earlier some highlights: 1."
X Link 2025-11-25T03:17Z 57.9K followers, [----] engagements
"Is this a new kind of scam I thought InCred is a legit company headed for an IPO. How have they got my PAN number without my consent cc @RBI"
X Link 2025-11-25T10:29Z 58.3K followers, [----] engagements
"Google's payments issues continue to frustrate. Am in India. I live in India. My settings are for India. Still I can't make payment using UPI or credit card on Google Play. 🤷🏽♂"
X Link 2025-11-25T15:07Z 58.4K followers, [----] engagements
"@GooglePlay Thanks for responding. I haven't. There were some strange UPI payment options added in my Google play (not by me so that needs explaining too). Once I deleted those the payment using my regular UPI ID went through. Very odd. Very clunky setup you have"
X Link 2025-11-25T18:07Z 57.9K followers, [--] engagements
"@GooglePlay As I mentioned in my original tweet: I am in India. I live in India. My profile is for India . I havent changed anything . I've made payments earlier this month while being in India. Not made a new profile since. Despite that this happened. https://x.com/nixxin/status/1993335665820680204t=t2DSpBT3s8jcKUEln1gBCA&s=19 Google's payments issues continue to frustrate. Am in India. I live in India. My settings are for India. Still I can't make payment using UPI or credit card on Google Play. 🤷🏽♂ https://t.co/L2ZDXBUr78"
X Link 2025-11-25T19:35Z 57.9K followers, [--] engagements
"I just checked it on the gazette website and the notification in question. GSR [---] is the TIUE one. Thank you for listening @narendramodi. Withdrawing this is the right move and it would have unnecessarily forced Indian startups to send OTPs only through a government portal and brought startups under telecom regulation -- more red tape. Removing this regulation is the right move. The DoT has been trying to control India's Internet for many years. Just because you use a mobile number to register users shouldn't bring you under telecom regulation. A positive move with this removal. It appears"
X Link 2025-11-26T18:24Z 57.4K followers, [----] engagements
"SIM binding for WhatsApp telegram and other messaging and social media apps mandated by India's Department of Telecommunications. Can't use your account if the SIM you registered with isn't in the device. cc @aseemmanchanda https://www.medianama.com/2025/11/223-dot-sim-binding-directions-to-whatsapp-and-telegram/ https://www.medianama.com/2025/11/223-dot-sim-binding-directions-to-whatsapp-and-telegram/"
X Link 2025-11-29T09:25Z 58.5K followers, 594K engagements
"Yes. WhatsApp desktop.and signal desktop too afaik. With DoT now issuing regulations to internet companies because of those stupid MVN rules it's going to get worse. They're clueless about how the internet works. @nixxin @aseemmanchanda Huh so now @telegram desktop will have to log us out every [--] hours @nixxin @aseemmanchanda Huh so now @telegram desktop will have to log us out every [--] hours"
X Link 2025-11-29T09:44Z 58.4K followers, 15.5K engagements
"@PankajPachauri This is not for transparency and big tech can't do anything to address the fraud mess that Nandan Nilekani's "India is a data rich country" approach has unleashed"
X Link 2025-11-30T04:10Z 58.2K followers, [----] engagements
"@SamarthKagdiyal What do you think about SIM binding for email Email is a form of messaging too"
X Link 2025-11-30T04:23Z 58.8K followers, [---] engagements
"@logic Still doesn't make sense"
X Link 2025-11-30T04:33Z 58.9K followers, [---] engagements
"Please scrap the TIUE regulation @narendramodi . This SIM binding thing is a mess and goes against what your government said when telecom act was passed. Two things here: [--]. When he was telecom minister and the telecom act was passed @AshwiniVaishnaw had assured that OTTs were out of the ambit of the law. Despite this DoT issued the TIUE regulation a few months ago which gave it regulatory power over online services that use mobile numbers. [--]. This regressive SIM binding ditective has been issued without a public consultation or feedback. Just blanket directive. This goes against the"
X Link 2025-11-30T04:46Z 58.4K followers, 70.2K engagements
"After this: [--]. Can't use whatsapp/telegram on tablets without SIM [--]. Can't use whatsapp/telegram on companion device [--]. Will get logged out of desktop apps after every six hours. Irritating. [--]. Can't use whatsapp/telegram on international SIM when traveling abroad [--]. Businesses can't use WhatsApp for business which has automation and API based access [--]. Someone moving out of India wanting to keep whatsapp contacts and messages can't change number because account is locked to SIM This is largely based on my reading and responses I've received. Will think of more"
X Link 2025-11-30T06:03Z 58.4K followers, 10.2K engagements
"After this: [--]. Can't use whatsapp/telegram on tablets without SIM [--]. Can't use whatsapp/telegram on companion device [--]. Will get logged out of desktop apps after every six hours. Irritating. [--]. Can't use whatsapp/telegram on international SIM when traveling abroad [--]. Businesses can't use WhatsApp for business which has automation and API based access [--]. Someone moving out of India wanting to keep whatsapp contacts and messages can't change number because account is locked to SIM This is largely based on my reading and responses I've received. Will think of more"
X Link 2025-11-30T06:21Z 58.5K followers, 49.6K engagements
"@Takuiten Agreed. Signal now works without mobile numbers. There are others"
X Link 2025-12-01T07:20Z 58.3K followers, [---] engagements
"Sorry Aseem Im not going to trust what a DoT official is saying unofficially. Sources have the freedom to lie and both you and I know this. Here's my response to this anyway: [--]. Scammers Took control of [--] Cr WhatsApp accounts in last [--] month this was the reason to implement this. My response: There should be a PIB press statement or an official statement from the minister and there needs to be publicly verifiable data here. This number is unverified and not published by WhatsApp CERT-In MHA or DoT. Whats their source of info How do we know they arent making this up to justify this regulation"
X Link 2025-12-01T09:08Z 58.5K followers, 98.9K engagements
"So they're misleading. Read the report bhai. That's number of accounts banned. Not the number of accounts compromised by scammers. Here's why: [--]. It could be a legit account linked to a SIM card that was banned by for scam or spam. Not necessarily an account that was compromised. [--]. It could be a business account blocked because of complaints. For example we file complaints against businesses for spamming on WhatsApp all the time. Their accounts could have been banned because of that. They're not scammers. [--]. WhatsApp says in that report that [--] lakh of these accounts were banned before user"
X Link 2025-12-01T09:28Z 58.3K followers, [----] engagements
"@ayanmahapatra [--]. Because it can. [--]. Because it wants to be in the phone"
X Link 2025-12-01T12:51Z 58.3K followers, [----] engagements
"@amitgoel78 @deepakshenoy They gave themselves the right under the recent telecom cybersecurity rules"
X Link 2025-12-01T12:55Z 58.5K followers, 21.3K engagements
"Two things: [--]. You have choice. Theres a whole "degoogle" movement. Check it out on reddit. Graphene OS proton mail. Lots of other tools. You can restrict tracking of your future data by going off google. You can also delete your data with Google under India's Data Protection law. Not practical but not impossible. [--]. Landline is already tracked by the government via the centralised monitoring system. Look it up"
X Link 2025-12-01T16:22Z 58.5K followers, [----] engagements
"Has the government of India taken responsibility for leaking personal data in Excel spreadsheets indexed and searchable on Google Look it up. Has Nitin Gadkari taken responsibility for MORTH selling our driving license data to over [---] companies many of whom spam us Has Nandan Nilekani taken personal responsibility for creating an environment that is "data rich" and enables easy sharing of personal data All of this spreading around of personal data is the basis of scams. It enables social engineering. Sim binding or sanchar saathi won't stop the mess that our governments and their private"
X Link 2025-12-01T16:31Z 58.5K followers, 54.5K engagements
"@ariyalooran That might sound all right as a saying but we all have some things we keep private between family some between friends. Some with our doctors. We don't live our lives naked in public or naked in a government office do we We have a fundamental right to privacy"
X Link 2025-12-01T16:43Z 58.3K followers, [----] engagements
"@vir259 We can choose which apps we share data with. They aren't forced on us.this is being forced"
X Link 2025-12-01T16:46Z 58.3K followers, [----] engagements
"Did you know that the DPDP act states that government is largely exempt from the provisions of the act Or that publicly available personal data is exempt from the provisions of the act and thus your social media photo can be used by ai training and facial recognition systems without your consent Even China's data protection law is better than this"
X Link 2025-12-01T16:55Z 58.3K followers, [---] engagements
"@prateekwaghre Yes they were. They wanted OS level access and apple was rejecting the app. I don't remember what happened there"
X Link 2025-12-01T17:35Z 58.3K followers, [---] engagements
"Here's a copy of the directive"
X Link 2025-12-01T17:36Z 58.5K followers, 130.8K engagements
"@svtkml @zuron7 Ah yes. I'm aware of Graphene. Thanks"
X Link 2025-12-01T17:36Z 58.3K followers, [---] engagements
"1. We choose which apps to install. [--]. We can disable apps that are forced upon us. We can uninstall. You won't be able to uninstall sanchar saathi [--]. Private companies don't have statutory control over you [--]. There are privacy protecting alternatives to most of those popular apps [--]. We can disable data sharing with many apps"
X Link 2025-12-01T17:39Z 58.4K followers, 11K engagements
"While tweeting will spread awareness only thing that will help is telling / tagging your MPs that you aren't okay with this. They can raise the issue internally. The only solution to this problem is political & as citizens we should let our elected representatives know. More bad news for mobile phone users in India (after SIM binding): Our government is mandating a government app (sanchar saathi) on every new phone permanently Reuters reports. Will be pushed to your phone via OTA. New smartphones need to have it. Users cannot delete it. This More bad news for mobile phone users in India"
X Link 2025-12-01T18:00Z 58.4K followers, 12.1K engagements
"@meesaivenkat When it comes to OS and search engines under data protection act once it is active we can get it deleted. Govt has exempt itself from data protection act. Also govt is forcing SIM binding for WhatsApp and telegram https://x.com/nixxin/status/1994699115645866455t=mC-IChzq4N1jx_R3frzPbw&s=19 SIM binding for WhatsApp telegram and other messaging and social media apps mandated by India's Department of Telecommunications. Can't use your account if the SIM you registered with isn't in the device. https://t.co/RdqZYCBEHh cc @aseemmanchanda"
X Link 2025-12-02T02:41Z 58.4K followers, [---] engagements
"@thetangentia You can get it deleted under the data protection act. Govt has exempt itself from the dpdpa. Btw govt is forcing SIM binding for WhatsApp and telegram https://x.com/nixxin/status/1994699115645866455t=mC-IChzq4N1jx_R3frzPbw&s=19 SIM binding for WhatsApp telegram and other messaging and social media apps mandated by India's Department of Telecommunications. Can't use your account if the SIM you registered with isn't in the device. https://t.co/RdqZYCBEHh cc @aseemmanchanda https://x.com/nixxin/status/1994699115645866455t=mC-IChzq4N1jx_R3frzPbw&s=19 SIM binding for WhatsApp"
X Link 2025-12-02T02:42Z 58.4K followers, [----] engagements
"@shobhitic @mihirdx govt is forcing SIM binding for WhatsApp and telegram https://x.com/nixxin/status/1994699115645866455t=mC-IChzq4N1jx_R3frzPbw&s=19 SIM binding for WhatsApp telegram and other messaging and social media apps mandated by India's Department of Telecommunications. Can't use your account if the SIM you registered with isn't in the device. https://t.co/RdqZYCBEHh cc @aseemmanchanda https://x.com/nixxin/status/1994699115645866455t=mC-IChzq4N1jx_R3frzPbw&s=19 SIM binding for WhatsApp telegram and other messaging and social media apps mandated by India's Department of"
X Link 2025-12-02T02:49Z 58.4K followers, 12.4K engagements
"@svs In case you missed it this is probably worse: govt is forcing SIM binding for WhatsApp and telegram https://x.com/nixxin/status/1994699115645866455t=mC-IChzq4N1jx_R3frzPbw&s=19 SIM binding for WhatsApp telegram and other messaging and social media apps mandated by India's Department of Telecommunications. Can't use your account if the SIM you registered with isn't in the device. https://t.co/RdqZYCBEHh cc @aseemmanchanda https://x.com/nixxin/status/1994699115645866455t=mC-IChzq4N1jx_R3frzPbw&s=19 SIM binding for WhatsApp telegram and other messaging and social media apps mandated by"
X Link 2025-12-02T02:50Z 58.4K followers, [----] engagements
"I actually don't care about politics and political parties. if you're a high rated thinker give me rational and logical reasons countering what I've written about SIM Binding and Sanchaar Saathi instead of personal attacks no I'm open to changing my mind if there's better reasoning"
X Link 2025-12-02T03:11Z 58.4K followers, [---] engagements
"Btw it's not just Sanchar Saathi. There's also this terrible idea from DOT which is fast becoming the most regressive ministry in GoI. SIM binding for WhatsApp telegram and other messaging and social media apps mandated by India's Department of Telecommunications. Can't use your account if the SIM you registered with isn't in the device. https://t.co/RdqZYCBEHh cc @aseemmanchanda SIM binding for WhatsApp telegram and other messaging and social media apps mandated by India's Department of Telecommunications. Can't use your account if the SIM you registered with isn't in the device."
X Link 2025-12-02T03:57Z 58.5K followers, 18.9K engagements
"A govt application can also be used to implant files on your device. Has happened before in the Bhima Koregaon case where docs were allegedly put laptops & used to frame conspiracy. Won't happen to everyone of course. But it could where it matters. #SancharSaathi"
X Link 2025-12-02T04:56Z 58.5K followers, 121.3K engagements
"@tapaswiniswain2 Read the circular"
X Link 2025-12-02T07:07Z 58.4K followers, [---] engagements
"That's not what the directive says. See point 7(b). So he's either lying or backtracking. DoT needs to scrap this. Also please look up my tweet on SIM binding.that's also very problematic and he hasn't addressed that. Telecom Minister Clarification on Pre Installation of Sanchar Saathi App. The Telecom Minister says it's up to the consumer to activate it. If Consumers want they can delete it. https://t.co/5QNCu10PKU Telecom Minister Clarification on Pre Installation of Sanchar Saathi App. The Telecom Minister says it's up to the consumer to activate it. If Consumers want they can delete it."
X Link 2025-12-02T07:14Z 58.4K followers, 59.2K engagements
"To news channels tweeting Scindia's video/statement on Sanchar Saathi please ask him whether the directive is being withdrawn. The directive (see point 7b) says its mandatory cannot be disabled. no withdrawal yet. Secondly the SIM binding issue remains + problematic because it locks your Whatsapp account to a single SIM card. Ive written about that issue as well. Also not withdrawn m Both circulars below. Pls RT"
X Link 2025-12-02T08:37Z 58.5K followers, 78.2K engagements
"Data protection law protects us from them. We can ask them to delete our data. Government is exempted from data protection act. We can choose not to install many of these apps. We can limit their data access using settings. With sanchar saathi we're not allowed to delete or to restrict the app"
X Link 2025-12-02T13:25Z 58.4K followers, [---] engagements
"No we're not racist. Here's what: I love Zomato and Phonepe apps which are built by Indian founders and I have them on my phone but I don't want #SancharSaathi . I chose those apps. I should have the option of choosing which apps I want and which I don't. I trust Zomato and Phonepe. Zomato and Phonepe have earned my trust. When Zomato got hacked a decade ago they owned up to it. I trusted Paytm once. I don't anymore. That's the way it is. I do not trust a government that is constantly forcing me to give up my data get Aadhaar for my baby link it to an Apaar ID makes disingenuous arguments"
X Link 2025-12-02T15:15Z 58.9K followers, 170.2K engagements
"@otherme101 Thank you. I'm also a journalist. Not all media is useless. :)"
X Link 2025-12-03T02:47Z 58.4K followers, [---] engagements
"@issnx19 I chose the operating system i prefer. I can also root the phone and put in another OS. I know most people don't know how to do this but we do have choice. On my laptop I have innumerable variants of Linux to choose from. Else I'll pick windows or Mac OS"
X Link 2025-12-03T04:05Z 58.4K followers, [----] engagements
"I know Scindia has said that the #SancharSaathi is not mandatory but there are still some things. If we allow this we allow the government to push any application on to our phones. Today it is DoT pushing Sanchar Saathi. A new Aadhaar app was launched yesterday. Ministry of Health might want to push an anti-smoking app to our phones. Nitin Gadkari will mandate Digilocker on our phones so our driving license and documents are always with us. Once it starts where will it end You know what happened with Aadhaar -- it is voluntary but mandatory. It's the same thing - someone will ask you why you"
X Link 2025-12-03T07:07Z 58.5K followers, 50K engagements
"Let's be very clear. (Uplabdh) means to make available. It doesn't mean make it mandatory to install. Government can run an information campaign about the benefits of sanchar saathi.it's already spamming us about it via SMS. Those who want it will install it. Don't force it on our devices. The Telecom Minister in Parliament says Ready to make changes in the order related to pre-installment of Sanchar Saathi. #SancharSaathiApp https://t.co/EaHUMmI93K The Telecom Minister in Parliament says Ready to make changes in the order related to pre-installment of Sanchar Saathi. #SancharSaathiApp"
X Link 2025-12-03T09:26Z 58.4K followers, 15.1K engagements
"The government has issued a press release saying that it isnt mandatory for handset companies to install Sanchar Saathi. The government has no business infiltrating our phones. While this is a welcome move the other directive for forcing SIM Binding on Social Media and messaging accounts has NOT been revoked. I would call upon the government to suspend the SIM Binding directive as well and start a consultation process on this issue so that they can understand how it limits our usage of messaging apps. SIM binding will impact those who use Whatsapp and Telegram on their desktops or multiple"
X Link 2025-12-03T10:25Z 58.5K followers, 64.6K engagements
"@shantanugoel Yep SIM Binding remains though. I need technical help in understanding the deeper issues there tho"
X Link 2025-12-03T11:08Z 58.4K followers, [---] engagements
"Remove SIM binding directive too. You have no idea how that will impact users to have their whatsapp and telegram account bound mandatorily to a SIM. You should do a public consultation for views before issuing such directives Government lifts mandatory pre-installation of SancharSaathiApp Refer to press release for details: https://t.co/n3iqBdZzXZ #DoT #Telecommunications #CyberSecurity #DoTForDigitalSafety #SancharSaathi @JM_Scindia @PemmasaniOnX @neerajmittalias @USOF_India @pib_comm @PIB_India https://t.co/KqVmjO1fF5 Government lifts mandatory pre-installation of SancharSaathiApp Refer to"
X Link 2025-12-03T12:35Z 58.5K followers, 31K engagements
"Makes a case for protection of personality rights in AI. Extremely irresponsible of any political party to misuse AI like this. Parody works as long as it isn't an exact replica. There's no clear approach on how to regulate deepfakes but we need more discussion on limits. 🔴#BREAKING Congress posts AI video of Prime Minister Narendra Modi video shows him as 'chaiwala'; BJP hits out at Congress says "'naamdar Congress cannot stand 'kaamdar PM" BJP spokesperson Shehzad Poonawalla (@Shehzad_Ind) and Tom Vadakkan (@TomVadakkan2) join NDTV's https://t.co/ugy54jIE5s 🔴#BREAKING Congress posts AI"
X Link 2025-12-03T12:53Z 58.5K followers, [----] engagements
"Actually there needs to be an overhaul of the Department of Telecommunications. Stunning incompetence from their bureaucrats of late especially with MVN and SIM binding also Sanchar Saathi. Please look into this @narendramodi . These people will derail Digital India. The govt has no checks on frauds instead they are trying to make life hell for common people due to their whims. @DoT_India should pull this back too. The govt has no checks on frauds instead they are trying to make life hell for common people due to their whims. @DoT_India should pull this back too"
X Link 2025-12-04T04:11Z 58.5K followers, 11.4K engagements
"If DoT followed procedure & did public consultations there wouldn't be a need for a strong reaction. They might end up not doing stupid things if they listened to more than just MHA.or lobbyists who merely say what their clients are paying them to say"
X Link 2025-12-04T06:40Z 58.5K followers, [----] engagements
"Indian customs still harass customers for even small imports. Demand Aadhaar and duties for personal imports even. I hope one outcome of Trump tariffs is that India customs stops harassing customers for purchasing products from US ecommerce websites. Vishy Anand received a computer as a gift in [----]. His request to bring it in India took [--] months to be approved. Then Indian customs demanded 250% duty on its import. Manuel Aaron Indian's first IM and journalist with The Hindu helped with clearance. https://t.co/XPrtQyOwPe Vishy Anand received a computer as a gift in [----]. His request to bring"
X Link 2025-12-05T12:33Z 58.5K followers, 11.3K engagements
"More surveillance from the Indian Government with mandatory GPS / Location tracking ON for our handsets You wont have the option of turning location off and while Google Apple and Samsung have opposed this the Telecom Industry is pushing for it Reuters reports. Many of you have tagged me on this story so let me explain what is going on here: [--]. Impact it has on us: GPS on doesnt mean were being tracked but it does mean that we are all being forced to be minutely trackable all the time. The government may never want to track you but this will drain your phone battery rapidly and force you to"
X Link 2025-12-06T06:37Z 58.5K followers, 154K engagements
"@aseemmanchanda They're regulated. I don't think they have a choice"
X Link 2025-12-10T14:09Z 58.9K followers, [---] engagements
"Was on a TV show about MSFT & Google's AI infra investments in India and for those who talk about digital sovereignty and India's digitisation story (how long will they use UPI as a success story I'd rather use Zomato Swiggy Razorpay PhonePe Naukri as our success stories) they also don't seem to realise the contradiction. This investment is teeny little fraction of global investment. India's just a market for them and that's okay. India doesn't have much in terms of successful local apps.Sarvam is tiny and nowhere close in terms of product or adoption to OpenAI/Gemini/Claude. so where's the"
X Link 2025-12-11T11:44Z 58.5K followers, [----] engagements
"If you're tracking your sleep data what do you use for visualisation/analysis of that data Cc @pacificleo @deepakabbot @ku1deep"
X Link 2025-12-11T15:41Z 58.5K followers, [----] engagements
"Thanks. Very useful.I'm using the amazfit helio strap. I'm checking heart rate variability sleep heart rate and sleep stages (deep REM). Wanted to check consistency and timing of deep and REM across a month to see if I need to make some changes. Changing sleep posture to side sleeping + left side appears to have helped but the transition to side sleeping was painful and impacted sleep consistency. Still figuring this stuff out"
X Link 2025-12-11T16:24Z 58.5K followers, [---] engagements
"@helloanand Thanks Anand. Not very comfortable wearing a watch to sleep. Or rings for that matter. The bands have been surprisingly comfortable tho. The Amazfit Helio Strap I'm using also has nap detection. So far pretty good. I just wanted to export the data and play around with it"
X Link 2025-12-12T03:04Z 58.5K followers, [---] engagements
"@writetopiyush Thanks. I have the data. I've extracted the data from the amazfit helio strap via the zepp app + health connect+ health sync. Now I'm looking for third party apps to visualise it better"
X Link 2025-12-12T04:52Z 58.5K followers, [---] engagements
"@Bingeljell I'm in the process of writing a series of posts on . Will try to make it as ELI5 as I can but won't be short. http://isreasoned.substack.com http://isreasoned.substack.com"
X Link 2025-12-18T07:13Z 58.5K followers, [---] engagements
"@jayeshm77 @nithinkd I only use them for time check now. Hardly anything works. I have a couple of lovely Sonos speakers that I'm trying to get to work but they just won't. Need to figure out if I can flash these things and put some open source software. Probably not. But still"
X Link 2025-12-19T07:17Z 58.5K followers, [--] engagements
"@andymukherjee70 These two are also worth your time Andy (I've started writing again): AI and the quiet rewiring of the open Internet The opportunity trap of the Chatgpt app store Context is currency. https://isreasoned.substack.com/p/the-opportunity-trap-of-the-chatgpt https://isreasoned.substack.com/p/ai-and-the-quiet-rewiring-of-the https://isreasoned.substack.com/p/the-opportunity-trap-of-the-chatgpt https://isreasoned.substack.com/p/ai-and-the-quiet-rewiring-of-the"
X Link 2025-12-26T02:44Z 58.5K followers, [----] engagements
"I need a better tool than Google Slides for making Venn diagrams. Anyway latest post on Reasoned is on how ChatGPT apps can build some leverage inside a platform that will otherwise eventually swallow them whole (almost. kinda)"
X Link 2025-12-26T17:54Z 58.5K followers, [---] engagements
"Read: How to beat the opportunity trap of the ChatGPT App Store https://isreasoned.substack.com/p/how-to-beat-the-opportunity-trap https://isreasoned.substack.com/p/how-to-beat-the-opportunity-trap"
X Link 2025-12-26T17:55Z 58.5K followers, [---] engagements
"@bigulchugh @nikster007 Long read from earlier this year: Also that last line is something I poked deepi about every six months for a while. Heh. https://www.medianama.com/2025/02/223-zomato-eternal-rebranding-restructuring/ https://www.medianama.com/2025/02/223-zomato-eternal-rebranding-restructuring/"
X Link 2025-12-28T03:09Z 58.5K followers, [---] engagements
"@abhishek_tri Interesting. Thanks for sharing. I read the screenshot before your assessment and I thought the exact same thing: it's muscle memory. We evolve our own patterns of optimisation to reduce decision fatigue. Hope you're well abhishek. Have a great [----] :)"
X Link 2025-12-28T07:05Z 58.5K followers, [---] engagements
"the ERP has to be neutral to avoid antitrust. Ashish doesn't do many interviews but he did a long one with me when BookMyShow finally got exclusive PVR rights (which they no longer have) and I questioned him on monopolies: Part 1: Part 2: Never spoke with me again lol. https://www.medianama.com/2013/07/223-bookmyshow-ceo-ashish-hemrajani-on-ticket-pricing-refunds-competition-offline-ticketing-more-part-2/ https://www.medianama.com/2013/07/223-bookmyshow-ceo-ashish-hemrajani-on-the-pvr-deal-mobile-monopolies-more-part-1/"
X Link 2025-12-28T07:15Z 58.8K followers, [--] engagements
"Hmm.Remember how Practo started. I remember Zomato building their own for restaurants a decade ago. It's pretty standard for what I see as pipeline businesses. Once pipelines are established multiple business models emerge servicing end points. Antitrust is key here. Apple might control the app store but it can't ban Facebook: lack of neutrality leads to anti-trust. It's an interesting challenge for @elegantlywasted to deal with but BMS can't shut them out of the ERP. Being a market leader and (erstwhile) monopoly BMS has more pressure to be neutral than you can imagine. A smart company would"
X Link 2025-12-28T08:14Z 58.5K followers, [--] engagements
"Long post: I'm in the thick of multiple (sometimes heated) discussions on Whatsapp groups about Zomato & gig economy workers and I'm fed up of repeating points so I'll put all my arguments here. And maybe burn a few bridges in the process. [--]. Disclosure: I am an Eternal and Info Edge shareholder and have been for a few years. It has been a good bet for me and the things I'm saying are despite having a vested interest in the success of these companies. [--]. Why are they speaking up now It's rare to see Deepinder and Sanjeev Bikhchandani speak with such passion about this issue despite the fact"
X Link 2026-01-02T17:07Z 58.9K followers, 77K engagements
"Its only fair that I respond to Deepinders post with the gig economy numbers and clarification because I hadnt read those when I posted my tweet. I will also talk about what can regulation fix and how. Ill also respond to comments Ive received and read (especially from Mahesh Peri) in a subsequent tweet. I'm glad that Deepi is engaging with this beyond the "you're uncomfortable because you can see poverty" rhetoric because it surfaces crucial data about platform behavior and assumptions we make. I don't think I've seen such data in public before. I also didn't want to have this conversation"
X Link 2026-01-03T11:03Z 58.9K followers, 38.3K engagements
"I'm going to respond here to some of the comments I've been sent via messages and some I've seen online citing my tweet. Firstly: I think Deepi and Sanjeev are overreacting but theyre in the game and most of us are not so maybe theyre seeing something that were not. Is something moving If not then this is a miscalculation from them. As Somerset Maugham once wrote (and I remember only this line from that book): Don't make an issue of a situation. They did that. Or maybe it was already a situation. I also accept Sanjeevs message to me that the stock price didnt figure in their minds when they"
X Link 2026-01-03T11:19Z 58.9K followers, 12.3K engagements
"Also about why platform opacity needs to go this is crazy: https://x.com/d0wnsideofme/status/2006970570769101234 holy fucking shit https://t.co/hLU3aZqY7c https://x.com/d0wnsideofme/status/2006970570769101234 holy fucking shit https://t.co/hLU3aZqY7c"
X Link 2026-01-03T11:27Z 58.9K followers, [----] engagements
"whole grok thing and this gig economy stuff. I didn't want to get involved in the gig stuff (my team knows I tend to say - find something else) but there was too much being debated without deep context so I jumped in and then got sucked into this whole debate man. What am I missing. we're all in our own bubbles right"
X Link 2026-01-03T11:31Z 58.8K followers, [---] engagements
"@spaultweet I think given the power imbalance and the lack of actual opportunities they won't find an equilibrium. My initial post is here. Addressed these things: https://x.com/nixxin/status/2007134066055712894 https://x.com/nixxin/status/2007134066055712894"
X Link 2026-01-03T12:31Z 58.8K followers, [---] engagements
"@Akshat_World Akshat are you sure this is a zomato venture I was under the impression that this is a personal venture. Maybe @deepigoyal can clarify"
X Link 2026-01-05T15:18Z 58.9K followers, 12.1K engagements
"What happens when AI enters the conversation I wrote on Reasoned .live about some of the product decisions that Social Media platforms have to take when they introduce AI bots into the newsfeed (along with many other points). For now here are some product decisions: [--]. How is AI treated on the platform: as a background utility that users can query or can it generate its own outputs into a users newsfeed [--]. Who can use it: Is it opt-in opt-out or always there Can anyone use it or only paying customers Meta AI chose opt-in Grok is there without consent. Is the invocation private by default or"
X Link 2026-01-06T10:45Z 58.8K followers, [----] engagements
"Why the Grok swimsuit image generation controversy was predictable and not an accident: [--]. Xs decision to let Grok edit and publish images directly into feeds without consent safeguards or throttling was not an accident but a product choice. Platforms at scale do not forget safeguards; they consciously defer them when engagement velocity is the primary optimization target. They could have chosen to incorporate Consent checks output blocking and throttling but these would have slowed diffusion and reduced engagement signals for Grok. The Grok image-editing incident demonstrates how safety gaps"
X Link 2026-01-06T17:18Z 58.8K followers, 12.8K engagements
"@Bingeljell At that scale these decisions are scrutinised. What could go wrong is a consideration. As is FAFO. I think it's intentional"
X Link 2026-01-07T04:14Z 58.8K followers, [---] engagements
"@rrazdan This one time he asked where the food goes once he eats it. We explained that it goes down the oesophagus into the stomach. He paused and said: toh eso-pha-gus food ki slide hain. Stunned. Very happy with the correlation abilities. :) for this age"
X Link 2026-01-07T11:55Z 58.9K followers, [----] engagements
"@VaradhKrish Like if babblefish ear plugs became a reality i don't see the point in learning a new language except that learning new languages is good for improving neural connection apparently"
X Link 2026-01-08T06:26Z 58.8K followers, [---] engagements
"@AshutoshSinha00 Thanks Ashu I point out the RBI FREE-AI report because I think they've avoided their responsibility of preventing harm"
X Link 2026-01-08T07:35Z 58.8K followers, [---] engagements
"@AshutoshSinha00 startups actively seek out regulatory gaps to exploit. Uber Airbnb. You might also remember wallet365 from the times group that got banned by RBI only for wallets to be legalised later"
X Link 2026-01-08T09:08Z 58.8K followers, [--] engagements
"AI and the quiet rewiring of the open Internet: This is the most read Reasoned article and it builds on something I wrote earlier at MediaNama. AI is changing the Internet we see it happening but we don't realise how fundamental this shift is as it is happening. https://isreasoned.substack.com/p/ai-and-the-quiet-rewiring-of-the https://isreasoned.substack.com/p/ai-and-the-quiet-rewiring-of-the https://isreasoned.substack.com/p/ai-and-the-quiet-rewiring-of-the https://isreasoned.substack.com/p/ai-and-the-quiet-rewiring-of-the"
X Link 2026-01-08T14:20Z 58.8K followers, [---] engagements
"The Opportunity Trap of the ChatGPT App Store: This is the third most read post on Reasoned and gives you a different way of looking at ChatGPT Apps. Thematically the second most read if you include the solution: How to beat the opportunity trap of the ChatGPT app store: https://isreasoned.substack.com/p/how-to-beat-the-opportunity-trap https://isreasoned.substack.com/p/the-opportunity-trap-of-the-chatgpt https://isreasoned.substack.com/p/the-opportunity-trap-of-the-chatgpt https://isreasoned.substack.com/p/how-to-beat-the-opportunity-trap"
X Link 2026-01-08T14:22Z 58.8K followers, [---] engagements
"I don't know if these are mere coincidence but ended up sitting next to a senior educationist on the flight and we spoke about for an hour and half about children and education and a little bit about AI and education. In the hotel sauna today spoke with someone for [--] min about food travel and families and then the conversation veered towards AI and it turns out he runs a company that uses AI for hiring and we ended up talking about that. Serendipitous addressing of my curiosity. Exchanged numbers with both. I'm sending the educationist stuff to read/watch on AI in education today"
X Link 2026-01-10T05:24Z 58.9K followers, [----] engagements
"Hi Deepi are you baiting me Sigh. Here we go again: The phrase commercial announcements stands out for me. Which means that you agree that the announcement is done just not the commercial announcement. You know whats actually funny.you've chosen to announce: [--]. before releasing benchmarking data [--]. releasing preview devices [--]. sharing all the science (as you claim) [--]. Making all the claims about brain bloodflow publicly. Especially for a product that claims to be somewhat scientific the onus of proof is on YOU not doctors. No one need to wait for you. YOU need to publish the research and"
X Link 2026-01-11T02:57Z 59K followers, 173.2K engagements
"@itsManghwani It's just some idiot writing random things. Ignore him"
X Link 2026-01-11T06:40Z 58.9K followers, [----] engagements
"@Ifucan15 But I'm not proud of Bill Ackman"
X Link 2026-01-11T07:20Z 58.9K followers, [---] engagements
"@sumit22gupta @BaakiSawant Knowing someone personally is no reason for not shitposting. Are you new to social media"
X Link 2026-01-11T07:29Z 58.9K followers, [---] engagements
"@mihirmodi Then you shouldn't really have a Goodreads account should you"
X Link 2026-01-11T14:13Z 58.9K followers, [----] engagements
"@p_vams1 For Deepi I have a different bot for that. It's called "Rational Response""
X Link 2026-01-11T14:33Z 58.9K followers, [--] engagements
"Someone asked me if my custom bot can come up with a revised tweet for Deepinder. Yes but not this bot. Here's the thing: after the Zomato Green Delivery issue in [----] I built a bunch of AI based crisis management tools. You saw one in action in my last response to Deepinder. That's Risk Analysis. Here's my Rational Reply bot which has drafted a revised version of Deepinder's tweet: Ive seen the reactions from doctors researchers and creatorsand I genuinely appreciate the scrutiny. When anything health-adjacent shows up in public especially on a widely watched podcast skepticism is not only"
X Link 2026-01-11T17:14Z 59K followers, [----] engagements
"My money decisions are based on what I think about the ability of the founder and the opportunity that the business has and how it's being run. Deepi is an incredible founder. He knows what he is doing. It's a huge opportunity. I also have McDowell's and ITC. But I might exit all because I'm building a GLP1 stocks thesis for India and Ozempic goes into generics. Two ways of looking at that: generic drug manufacturers will benefit. Cigarettes alcohol and processed food relates business will suffer. Not finished studying this yet. https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2010548652922614087"
X Link 2026-01-12T03:05Z 58.9K followers, [--] engagements
"I have five topics to choose from for Reasoned (link in bio) tomorrow: [--]. Agentic commerce (Google's UCP). Much to think about here [--]. Claude Health (follow up to my ChatGPT health piece. Btw @pragyamisra I'm still on the ChatGPT health waitlist) [--]. Humanoids (Gemini in Altas) [--]. AI in investing (a few long conversations) [--]. A response to Adam Mosseri on AI and authenticity in Social Media). I don't know if it's going to be possible for me to limit myself to two newsletters per week tbh. Will probably go with agentic commerce. https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2010550869079507192"
X Link 2026-01-12T03:14Z 58.9K followers, [----] engagements
"I have five topics to choose from for Reasoned (link in bio) tomorrow: [--]. Agentic commerce (Google's UCP). Much to think about here [--]. Claude Health (follow up to my ChatGPT health piece. Btw @pragyamisra I'm still on the ChatGPT health waitlist) [--]. Humanoids (Gemini in Altas) [--]. AI in investing (a few long conversations) [--]. A response to Adam Mosseri on AI and authenticity in Social Media). I don't know if it's going to be possible for me to limit myself to two newsletters per week tbh. Will probably go with agentic commerce. https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2010550902084489502"
X Link 2026-01-12T03:14Z 58.9K followers, [----] engagements
"@north_star_says Your equivalent will be Toronto Heatwave in July"
X Link 2026-01-13T03:46Z 58.9K followers, [--] engagements
"No offence but.invites I'm getting vs what I'm actually interested in. What I'm interested in: - AI and ecommerce - AI and investing - AI and Healthcare - AI and Music movies live streaming - Autonomous agents - AI and Social Media What I'm getting invites for:"
X Link 2026-01-13T05:16Z 58.9K followers, [----] engagements
"What happens when AI buys or sells for us How does that differ from when humans buy and sell what changes and what has to change Article on Reasoned link in the next tweet. Yesterday I made [--] voice notes (25k words) on AI & Ecommerce. This is the 1st article from that"
X Link 2026-01-13T05:29Z 58.9K followers, [----] engagements
"@tweet_prat Letterly. Got a great appsumo deal"
X Link 2026-01-13T14:25Z 59K followers, [--] engagements
"We will eventually cross a threshold for the web when agentic activity surpasses human activity. All the rules of how we do things build things regulate things will change. Wait for it"
X Link 2026-01-14T06:44Z 59K followers, 14K engagements
"If you're running a large startup you need to think about political risk and understand when to stay silent. Some lessons from the Sanjeev Bikhchandani vs Raghav Chadha / Zomato vs Gig workers situation. Three quick points: [--]. Don't get political: Sanjeev didn't need to respond to Raghav Chadha. Politics typically has high leverage low credibility. Getting political especially when you don't have substance is even worse. Every subsequent critique and datapoint points towards exploitation. Soumyarendra Barik's incredible piece today paints a Black Mirror scenario for gig workers. Deepinder's"
X Link 2026-01-14T09:55Z 58.9K followers, 43.2K engagements
"you just have to read PVR's earnings calls transcripts to understand what is going on here. read [--] quarters and you'll know how they've destroyed cinema-going because in their mind they're not a film screening company: they're a real estate rental company: either renting it or owning it and have to maximise returns each quarter. https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2011454834759831681 https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2011454834759831681"
X Link 2026-01-14T15:06Z 59K followers, [----] engagements
"This is a good move. Four things: [--]. Need this for group-ups too [--]. Need this on Instagram too [--]. Need this on X too [--]. Need this on Reddit too . And so on. Basically dopamine checkpoints for all. Wonder what @JonHaidt @mbateman think of this. .@youtube is where teens come to watch what they love. Over the last decade weve been focused on building tailored products for our youngest viewers. Today were sharing a few updates to help parents tailor their familys YouTube experience especially for teens. Theyll https://t.co/UTYEYmRX47 .@youtube is where teens come to watch what they love. Over the"
X Link 2026-01-15T01:43Z 58.9K followers, [----] engagements
"Delhiites are awake. They have given up because of apathy and failure of both central state govts and neighboring states to address this for over [--] years. It's a north India problem who can afford to have moved out quietly. Even the Supreme Court has given up. A National Shame. When will Delhilite wake up to realities #AirPollution https://t.co/hNzqRMsMJQ A National Shame. When will Delhilite wake up to realities #AirPollution https://t.co/hNzqRMsMJQ"
X Link 2026-01-15T07:53Z 58.9K followers, [----] engagements
"Aadhaar is a source of distrust not trust. It has poisoned the ID pool that already exists not fixed it. Foreigners can get Aadhaar. Pakistani spies have been found with Aadhaar. This failed because of how it was created and rolled out: [--]. People used fake IDs that centers (being paid per ID) created for them to use as base ID for Aadhaar creation. Any ID you had could also be used to create one or you could buy a fake ID to create an Aadhaar. Check Debayan Roy's reporting for CNN-IBN and what they did to him after he reported this. You'll find people with fake age etc: anecdotal but once"
X Link 2026-01-16T06:43Z 58.9K followers, 15.7K engagements
"@amitranjan vodafone all over again"
X Link 2026-01-16T11:49Z 58.9K followers, [---] engagements
"Because a bureaucrat bypassed existing law/policy for an event speaker who didn't have a proper visa & that was getting him deported. Different strokes for different folks is how our country operates. Its something for us to appreciate and celebrate as Indian startup folklore. how tf is this an Indian startup story how tf is this an Indian startup story"
X Link 2026-01-17T06:17Z 58.9K followers, [----] engagements
"If I have to predict things (I'm not very good with predictions btw. That qualifies me for job with the team that backed Rahul Yadav's startup): [--]. Sanjeev will respond by comparing Kunal to an RWA uncle. [--]. Deepi will do an interview with YourStory (they're very sweet) [--]. Nitin Pai will respond with a version of "let them eat cake". Hello @deepigoyal any comments sir Hello @deepigoyal any comments sir"
X Link 2026-01-17T10:49Z 58.9K followers, 37.4K engagements
"Comes from privilege. Makes me feel good to ask for improvements in others lives. But medium level privilege. If I had more then I would prefer indentured servitude for them and then point out that at least they have that as opposed to starving. And then I'd say that I'm thinking hard about how to improve lives"
X Link 2026-01-17T13:26Z 58.9K followers, [--] engagements
"Human to human interaction has friction. there are moments when we are uncomfortable. messaging allowed us an oppportunity to put the phone away or block someone when things got uncomfortable. Fantastic cover story in the Atlantic in Feb last year called the "Antisocial Century". One example that struck me was that people on Tiktok made videos celebrating when another human cancelled on them. They didn't have to meet another person. AI chats allow us to avoid discomfort forever: you're never wrong. You're very thoughtful. It's a great idea. You're doing the right thing. It's inevitable."
X Link 2026-01-18T05:06Z 58.9K followers, [---] engagements
"I made a note in my notebook about five-six months ago: If AI replaces search where does all th advertising go Basically traffic to websites has been diminishing because of AI mode so All that advertising money has to go somewhere. YouTube Instagram X Social seemed the natural destination but it's not intent based like Search is. Social is more demographics and psychographics based than intent based. Now ChatGPT is launching ads.and they have a couple of formats out. If conversational AI really does start replacing search as the primary way people express intent. I don't think the invoked ads"
X Link 2026-01-18T06:35Z 58.9K followers, [----] engagements
"@mishra_baibhav Oleball again. Loved it. Always works against them. Let's what carrick does against a team that sits back. Thankfully we now have pace up front unlike when Cronaldo was there"
X Link 2026-01-18T07:19Z 58.9K followers, [---] engagements
"Wish there was a workshop to teach non techies how set up tech. I finally set up claude code and connected it with obsidian. this is going to be insane for me for extracting info from large documents: done some experiments already. Now I want to experiment with building stuff.but VPS git github comits. connecting everything. ensuring security. no one does a [---] on this stuff. not that there isn't some amount of fun figuring this stuff out for myself ofc. sometimes I just want to get on with things and get frustrated.I step away for a couple of days and then try again."
X Link 2026-01-19T06:35Z 59K followers, [----] engagements
"I sent this to a friend. please do your own due diligence but here's what we do: [--]. point and count everything you can. numbers sense will eventually emerge. [--]. Talk to them all the time. No baby talk. Talk to them respectfully like a grown up. use complex words (my child who is almost [--] can say esophagus and knows that food goes down an esophagus into the tummy). No deflecting. explain everything you can. cause and effect. second order thinking. just keep explaining. how things work. what something is used for. Why we should do some things. not do others. Aha moment for us: he asked where"
X Link 2026-01-20T13:11Z 59K followers, [--] engagements
"Hi Lenny this comes with its own risks and challenges. Wrote about them here: In particular the lack of clarity around invocation is a difficult one. When is one app going to be invoked and when will it not Why one app and not the other More in the article but also apps being limited to a jobs to be done framework mean that apps are limited to mere service providers. They have very little control over user experience and discovery. https://isreasoned.substack.com/p/the-opportunity-trap-of-the-chatgpt https://isreasoned.substack.com/p/the-opportunity-trap-of-the-chatgpt"
X Link 2026-01-21T07:05Z 59K followers, [---] engagements
"@SatanAtWink That's a very smart take Ankit. Clearly you understand corporate governance and fiduciary responsibility for board members and how companies look at risk and risk management. Well done"
X Link 2026-01-21T07:42Z 59K followers, [----] engagements
"@ravikamdar Disparaging someone their family and marriage is not growth mindset"
X Link 2026-01-21T10:47Z 59K followers, [---] engagements
"@YouAreWrongBr0 Not at all. Deepi and Sanjeev are better at that than me. What he said about the marriage and wife was not done"
X Link 2026-01-21T10:47Z 59K followers, [----] engagements
"Mapmyindia founders have created an AI company outside of theirs called ClarityX. It also has a partnership with Mapmyindia. To Deepi's credit Temple doesn't have a transactional relationship with Eternal. Deepinder Goyal resigns from Eternal. Here's why I am not surprised. https://t.co/falFDa75w6 Deepinder Goyal resigns from Eternal. Here's why I am not surprised. https://t.co/falFDa75w6"
X Link 2026-01-21T13:54Z 59K followers, [----] engagements
"Fair call. My only challenge with Obsidian was quick capture and I capture about 20-40 things a day. Nature of my work and interests. Obsidian didn't quite work for that for me. I found Upnote to be a much better fit and no regrets there. Have set up Claude code + Obsidian and going to use it as a workspace rather than a notes space. https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2014160835950817696 https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2014160835950817696"
X Link 2026-01-22T02:18Z 58.9K followers, [----] engagements
"I like this idea. Thanks for sharing Arnav. I was thinking about it and was wondering that for some people this might also mean the identification of a surface area of risk (as in which app could potentially be a mechanism for infiltrating their device). Not a common fear but one that I have to live with unfortunately. https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2014893142047354909 https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2014893142047354909"
X Link 2026-01-24T02:48Z 58.9K followers, [----] engagements
"@ePandu tell me more how powerful how much RAM Thanks"
X Link 2026-01-24T03:25Z 58.9K followers, [---] engagements
"Very kicked about the fact that I was able to use Claude Code + Obsidian to create an HTML based personalised browser based health app in super quick time that I can connect to AI with an API. Ideally I'd like to do this with a local LLM but that's for another time. Now I'm getting it to make very specific changes to the health app based on my requirements. Very useful for me since I'm recovering from [--] months of health issues and trying to address chronic issues that have built up over years. This is amazing for me. As I wrote on Reasoned last to last week: one of the things I noticed about"
X Link 2026-01-24T03:33Z 58.9K followers, [----] engagements
"@nithinkd next week with laptops. (somewhere ground floor.difficult to climb stairs still. that last place was tough on my knee)"
X Link 2026-01-24T04:00Z 58.9K followers, [--] engagements
"I guess I'm vibe coding now. lol"
X Link 2026-01-24T04:02Z 58.9K followers, [---] engagements
"@OwnTheMaya @senthilnayagam thanks I'm used to Linux. One of my primary devices (Old Macbook Air [----] with Ubuntu 24.04)"
X Link 2026-01-24T05:29Z 58.9K followers, [--] engagements
"@OwnTheMaya @senthilnayagam thanks :) I honestly don't know if I want to spend that much money on it actually. will take me a while to come around to it"
X Link 2026-01-24T05:48Z 58.9K followers, [--] engagements
"I think it's important for National Security that government computers be moved away from Microsoft to Open Source OS like Linux. Atmanirbhar Bharat in government first. Please look into this @AshwiniVaishnaw @narendramodi . Pls practice what you preach. Microsoft gave FBI a set of BitLocker encryption keys to unlock suspects laptops: reports https://t.co/tJKvvNHMC2 Microsoft gave FBI a set of BitLocker encryption keys to unlock suspects laptops: reports https://t.co/tJKvvNHMC2"
X Link 2026-01-24T05:55Z 58.9K followers, [----] engagements
"@OwnTheMaya @senthilnayagam I have API from OpenAI right now. Currently using claude code and wanted to use it with ollama + Qwen3-next or deepseek because claude code keeps hitting rate limits. but can't be sure of quality tbh. catch [--]. might have to bite the bullet sometime"
X Link 2026-01-24T06:03Z 58.9K followers, [--] engagements
"@OwnTheMaya I did not know this. Anything I can read re this thanks for flagging"
X Link 2026-01-24T06:04Z 58.9K followers, [--] engagements
"AI commerce is splitting ecommerce into two very different games. Big platforms are hedging: Walmart and Shopify are partnering with both OpenAI and Google. Large players dont need to guess the winner. They can afford parallel bets duplicate integrations and failed experiments. Fragmentation is a cost not a threat. Small merchants are being asked to gamble: they can't afford to integrate with everyone. Every new standard means reworking catalogs restructuring inventory adding machine-readable attributes.before theres clarity on demand discovery or whether it's worth it. You pay upfront for a"
X Link 2026-01-27T07:03Z 59K followers, [---] engagements
"@NextBigTwat yep. Indian "social network" http://t.co/GPOEegMzuJ then Indian "twitter" http://t.co/R9FPjV1oMx the shit that TC falls for. http://techcrunch.com/2009/05/04/smsgupshup-indias-twitter-grows-to-20-million-users-150000month-revenue/ http://techcrunch.com/2011/04/27/indian-social-network-sms-gupshup-now-processing-over-2-billion-messages-per-month/ http://techcrunch.com/2009/05/04/smsgupshup-indias-twitter-grows-to-20-million-users-150000month-revenue/ http://techcrunch.com/2011/04/27/indian-social-network-sms-gupshup-now-processing-over-2-billion-messages-per-month/"
X Link 2014-02-12T05:50Z 58.8K followers, [--] engagements
"have always bought @nh7 tickets early but not this year bec i dont know which city i'll be in after pollution hits delhi in oct-nov. :("
X Link 2016-07-21T07:06Z 58.3K followers, [--] engagements
"@vijayshekhar @logic i'm pointing out the risk that NPCI is bank owned & might keep wallets (and possibly Payments Banks) out. competitive"
X Link 2017-01-03T09:36Z 58.3K followers, [--] engagements
"I don't think @sharads would do this. Many good guys in @product_nation & they won't allow this now. This is someone else. https://x.com/INTJ_Girl/status/865130244058955776 https://x.com/INTJ_Girl/status/865130244058955776"
X Link 2017-05-18T09:07Z 58.3K followers, [--] engagements
"Took a hack for Equifax to lose 143Mn user data.didn't take a hack for 130Mn+Aadhaar numbers+info to go online:just Indian govt incompetence"
X Link 2017-09-09T05:10Z 59.1K followers, [---] engagements
"Anyone know any great wordpress themes for event sites Something that can also allow us to list past and future events for #NAMA put up agenda and add videos links to reports"
X Link 2017-12-28T06:26Z 58.3K followers, [--] engagements
"@AroonDeep you know what this is 👇 (No cheating: Don't do a reverse image search) Look what I found https://t.co/W6jrVjTM1Q Look what I found https://t.co/W6jrVjTM1Q"
X Link 2018-08-28T05:26Z 59.4K followers, [--] engagements
"In contrast with what @SachinPilot says here look at the Aadhaar act the Congress has pushed through in Karnataka. What you're seeing here is the classic difference between being in power vs being in opposition. I expect that Sachin will say something else if he's a minister And thats how Sachin Pilot responded when I asked him if the Congress party had a formal position on #Aadhar And thats how Sachin Pilot responded when I asked him if the Congress party had a formal position on #Aadhar"
X Link 2019-03-08T02:08Z 59.5K followers, [--] engagements
"I have teas to sort. 🙄"
X Link 2019-03-09T03:23Z 59.4K followers, [--] engagements
"This is Mumbai level downpour in Delhi. That ferocity"
X Link 2020-01-08T03:53Z 59.5K followers, [--] engagements
"How isolated is the BJP now Or are we in a filter bubble Another massive CAA support rally in Kerala. Jai Ho. https://t.co/Fi21s7lptT Another massive CAA support rally in Kerala. Jai Ho. https://t.co/Fi21s7lptT"
X Link 2020-01-15T06:37Z 59.5K followers, [--] engagements
"@sidin @saikatd He was kidding"
X Link 2020-01-30T15:53Z 59.5K followers, [--] engagements
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