Blog
Notes from building Surbias
On survivorship bias, anti-engagement product design, and what it takes to run a social platform on tip-jar money.
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Why we don't have likes (and what we have instead)
On replacing the like button with five empathetic reactions — and why it changed how stories get written.
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The 50-cent rule for sharing failures
A simple heuristic for deciding when a failure is worth sharing publicly — and when to keep it in your group chat.
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Why Surbias exists (and why it's free)
A short post on the problem Surbias is trying to fix — and the design choices that follow from that.