@tradertheory meanwhile translating government websites into plain english and selling the guides is one of the easiest.
12k/mo.
literally no skill or risk lol.
just making confusing shit readable.
full breakdown:
https://t.co/1qzY1qqJFf
@stats_feed any government website. they publish everything you need for free in language nobody can understand.
translate it into plain english and sell it as a guide.
doing 12k/mo from this.
full method:
https://t.co/1qzY1qqJFf
@Dearme2_ reading amazon 1-star reviews.
sounds stupid.
but 500 angry customers telling you exactly what product they wish existed is the best market research on earth. turned it into 16k/mo.
full method:
https://t.co/teiidFVTt3
@lynk0x or make $530/day reading amazon 1-star reviews and turning the complaints into $19 guides.
10,000 angry customers already told you what to build.
full method:
https://t.co/teiidFVTt3
@paaiinnnn reading amazon 1-star reviews apparently.
16k/mo building info products from what angry customers tell you they actually want.
no job application needed lol.
full method:
https://t.co/teiidFVTt3
dating apps are designed to make you feel ugly so you'll pay $30/month to feel visible again.
this isn't a theory. this IS the business model.
i spent weeks studying how these apps actually work under the hood and the psychology is genuinely fucked.
every dating app assigns you a hidden score.
they call it different things internally but it works the same everywhere.
it's an attractiveness rating you never see.
it's calculated by who swipes right on you, who you swipe right on, how long people look at your profile before swiping, and how often you get unmatched.
if people the algorithm considers "attractive" swipe right on you, your score goes up and you get shown to more people.
if they don't, your score drops and the app literally hides you.
you're being rated on a scale you can't see using criteria you don't know.
and that rating determines whether anyone even knows you exist on the app.
but that's not even the fucked part.
the fucked part is what happens when you first join.
week 1: the app floods you with visibility.
you get matches. you get likes. you think "this app is amazing." your brain releases dopamine every time you see a new notification. the app is training you to check it constantly.
week 2-3: your visibility gets deliberately throttled.
matches slow down. likes dry up. you're still using the same photos and bio. nothing changed on your end.
but the app changed what it shows you to other people. which is: nothing. your profile is being hidden.
and here's what happens psychologically in that moment:
you don't think "the algorithm is suppressing me."
you think "i'm not attractive enough."
that thought is the product.
that moment of self-doubt is what the app was DESIGNED to create. because a person who thinks they're unattractive and lonely will do one of two things:
1 - swipe more desperately (more time on app = more ad revenue)
2 - pay for premium to "boost" their profile (subscription revenue)
both outcomes make the company money.
your insecurity is their monetisation strategy.
now it gets worse.
the free version of every major dating app actively SUPPRESSES your profile. not "you get fewer features." your profile is shown to fewer people on purpose.
the app creates a problem (nobody can see you) and then sells you the solution ($29.99/month to undo the suppression they created).
you're just paying to remove a handicap the app deliberately gave you.
it's like someone slashing your tyres and then offering to sell you new ones.
and the engagement loop is the most psychologically violent part.
the app deliberately shows you people who are slightly out of your league.
attractive enough to keep you swiping. unlikely enough to match that you stay on the app longer.
every swipe that doesn't result in a match increases frustration. increased frustration increases the probability you'll pay. increased time on the app increases ad impressions.
the goal is always to keep you swiping.
because here's the business model reality nobody wants to admit:
a dating app that successfully matches you LOSES A CUSTOMER.
every good match is lost revenue. two people who meet and delete the app is negative lifetime value.
the app is financially incentivised to keep you single.
not permanently. just long enough to extract maximum revenue before you either find someone despite the algorithm or give up entirely.
the entire business model only works if the product doesn't work.
and the psychological damage is real.
millions of people (men and women) have internalised "i'm not attractive enough" or "nobody wants me" because a pricing algorithm decided to hide their profile to sell a subscription.
their self-esteem was collateral damage in a monetisation strategy.
they thought something was wrong with THEM.
nothing was wrong with them.
the app was working exactly as designed.
you're the product.
and the product works best when it's lonely.
apple doesn't care if you can build an app in 5 minutes because apple makes money when you use the phone rather than when you download the app
the app store could vanish tomorrow and apple still makes billions from hardware icloud subscriptions and services
the iphone's dominance was never about apps being hard to build lol. was about the ecosystem being impossible to leave
your photos, your messages, your passwords, your watch, your airpods
marine surveyor
one missed crack in a ship hull and a $200M vessel sinks with 25 crew members on it
the entire job is looking at things and deciding if they're safe
get it wrong once and people die, cargo is lost and the insurance claim has your name on it
they make $200k+ and most of them are over 55 because it takes decades to build the judgement required to sign off on something that consequential
depends where you live
£3k/month in london after rent leaves you with about £800 for everything else
£3k/month in northern england with a paid off car and cheap rent is genuinely comfortable
the number doesn't mean anything without the context and everyone answering this is projecting their own cost of living onto it
the real question is "is £3k enough to cover your specific life without the anxiety of knowing one bad month wipes you out"
for most people the honest answer is no but they would quit anyway and find out the hard way
@614clinton facebook group comments.
$9k last month.
never posted, called anyone or showed my face lol.
literally just typed helpful replies and DMd people who needed more:
https://t.co/JCwRFG0zQt