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@flexasaurusrex
Conceptual Creator.
Dev.
Collector/Curator.
Ethnomusicologist (accidentally)
Archivist.
one Dinosaur, one Laptop, endless Ionian Sea. 🦖 💻 🌊
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MTV was a cultural institution that changed music, fashion, and youth culture.
Then they stopped showing music videos and became reality TV.
I felt a wave of sadness when the announcement hit. Nothing felt like it could fill that void.
So I started coding.
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I built the one of the most secure messengers on the internet.
- 1024-bit RSA-OAEP + AES-256-GCM encryption
- All messages auto-delete after 24hrs
- Server wipes EVERYTHING daily (cron jobs)
- No phone number required
- Classic AIM interface
More secure than WhatsApp. More private than Signal.
aimrewind.chat
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Bill Burr just shouted out MTV REWIND on his
Monday Morning Podcast (5M+ listeners) 🔥
No ads. No algorithm. 50K+ music videos.
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Learning Through Presence (Listening in the Modern Era)
Most contemporary digital platforms frame learning as an active task. Users search, select, save, optimize, and perform their preferences in public. Knowledge acquisition is tied to intention, identity, and measurable outcomes.
Learning through presence operates...
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Spotify: "Here's what you already like"
YouTube: "We know what you want next"
TikTok: "Infinite personalized feed"
REWIND NETWORK: "Here's what's on."
No recommendations. No feeds. No manipulation.
Just 70K+ music videos, cartoons & ads streaming 24/7.
Shared discovery > algorithmic isolation
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🔴 MTV REWIND JUST WENT LIVE!
Everyone watching sees the EXACT SAME VIDEO at the EXACT SAME MOMENT.
No algorithm. No personalization. No rewind.
Just like real MTV in 1987. 🎬 🎦
2,000+ people are already in the room together RIGHT NOW. 🤯
This is what we lost. This is what we're bringing back.
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Music videos are the most continuous, global, youth-driven, visually experimental art record of the last 70–80 years.
The fact that we’ve never treated them like it says a lot about how we value culture.
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REWIND MTV has had 3.5x TIMES the monthly average users more than the entire Farcaster protocol since launch 🚀 on Jan 3rd.
Given some rumors, wanted to post a few clarifications:
Farcaster is not shutting down. The protocol works and will continue to work. There were 250,000 MAU in December and over 100,000 funded wallets. The acquirer, Neynar, is a venture-backed startup and plans to shift Farcaster in a more developer-focused direction.
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A YouTube playlist is a list you control.
MTV Rewind is a place you ENTER.
There’s no choice paralysis, no recommendations,
no optimization. You don’t pick — you tune in.
That’s a key difference.
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🚀 MTV REWIND just hit 880,000+ users in 18 days with ZERO marketing budget.
For context, here are 10 legendary website launches:
1. Facebook (2004): ~1,200 users first month (Harvard only)
2. . MTV REWIND (2026): 880k+ organic visits in 18 days from ONE Reddit post
3. Twitter (2006): ~5,000 users first month, took...
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MTV REWIND now has 50,000 music videos. 🤯
20 channels. 24/7 live. Free. No algorithms. 🎧
Just pure music entertainment and the largest
collection of streaming music videos on the internet.
What a milestone. 🌹🦖
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