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Social Pulse · Silicon Valley · 2026-10-12 20:44 UTC

@jfbrly: Startup culture: Musk Way, fake breakthroughs and jokes

Silicon Valley was a documentary about the future https://t.co/mxi2tZNX80

Likes11.0K
Reposts641
Replies60
Views670.3K
Engagement rate1.75%
Author followers3.9K
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Jack Burlinson ✓ @jfbrly

Silicon Valley was a documentary about the future https://t.co/mxi2tZNX80

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Part of the conversation: Startup culture: Musk Way, fake breakthroughs and jokes

@pmarca relays an overheard line that US startup culture is moving from the Jobs Way to the Musk Way, with founders switching from artistic UI hippies to weightlifter hard executors (11.9K likes, 1.2M views). @jfbrly says Silicon Valley was a documentary about the future (11.0K likes, 670.3K views). @marclou posts the sarcastic question 'Why don't you focus on one startup?' (3.4K likes). @yacineMTB says 90% of his feed is American start up slop and calls the breakthroughs fake.

Why it mattersFounder identity and startup hype drew both humor and complaints, with high view counts on the lighter posts.

Other posts in this conversation

Marc Andreessen 🇺🇸 ✓ @pmarca

Overheard in Silicon Valley: "The transition from the Jobs Way to the Musk Way in US startup culture is fascinating to watch. The founders are switching from artistic UI hippies to weightlifter hard executors."

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Marc Lou ✓ @marclou

“Why don’t you focus on one startup?” https://t.co/t0W2bufwpl

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kache ✓ @yacineMTB

90% of my feed is American start up slop, people promoting their fake startup by emulating something real (though entirely fake). "We made this big breakthrough, click here and read all about it". The breakthrough is fake. The startup is fake. The people are fake. So, so annoying

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How it compares

Likes vs the rest of the feed14 top Silicon Valley posts on 2026-10-14
likes: This post 10,963, Silicon Valley median 3,376, Silicon Valley top post 25,175This post10,963Silicon Valley median3,376Silicon Valley top post25,175

This post ranks #6 of the 14 highest-engagement silicon valley posts AgentFlare tracked on 2026-10-14, with 3.2× the median likes. See the full Silicon Valley briefing.

How this page is made. Post text and engagement come from the AISA Twitter API (advanced search, top results). Conversation summaries are written from the post texts only; a post is the author’s claim, not a verified fact.

Sources & citations

  1. @jfbrly on X 2026-10-12 20:44 UTC
  2. AISA Twitter API

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