Working on something new; investment partner at @aixventureshq; previously CEO of @kaggle
Nov 30, 2023 • 8 tweets • 2 min read
A new survey suggests TikTok is a meaningful driver of a surge in antisemitism. #TikToxic
Spending at least 30 minutes a day on TikTok increases the chances a respondent holds antisemitic or anti-Israel views by 17% (compared with 6% for Instagram and 2% for X).
TikTok users are more likely to believe Jewish people are dishonest in business, are disloyal to America, and have too much power in the media. They are also more likely to disagree that Israel has a right to defend itself against those who want to destroy it.
Oct 31, 2023 • 7 tweets • 3 min read
Like many others, I was shocked to see the results of the Harvard poll showing that 51% of 18-24 year-olds believe Hamas’s massacre of Israelis was justified.
Motivated by this post (), I sourced data on TikTok and Instagram Reels related to the war. 🧵1/7
My data covers videos that received 9B plays. By comparison, the NYTimes receives 425M visits per month. My data shows that Gaza-based photographer Motaz Azaiza () alone has posted videos that have been viewed 465MM times. 2/7 instagram.com/motaz_azaiza/r…
Jul 25, 2022 • 9 tweets • 2 min read
Been spending the last few weeks speaking to data scientists working on demand forecasting. Some interesting things I learned. 🧵
Forecasting sales for new products was mentioned by many as a big challenge. It's common to use historical sales for adjacent products to inform these forecasts. A few mentioned putting up a "coming soon" page for the new product to create training data for forecasts.