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𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗠𝗼𝘀𝘁 𝗜𝗺𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝗠𝗲𝗱𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗣𝗼𝘀𝘁 𝗬𝗼𝘂’𝗹𝗹 𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗱 𝗶𝗻 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱. Medial just hit 250,000 users. Most People Are Clapping. Smart People Are Calculating. Let me break down what’s REALLY happening behind this number. 𝗕𝗲𝗰𝗮𝘂𝘀𝗲 𝗶𝗻 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗺𝘂𝗻𝗶𝘁𝘆-𝗱𝗿𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗻 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗿𝘁𝘂𝗽𝘀 → More users = More Power for Everyone. But not in a simple way like — “More people joined = Good.” No. → It’s 𝐍𝐞𝐭𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤 𝐄𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐜𝐭 in action. 𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁’𝘀 𝗡𝗲𝘁𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸 𝗘𝗳𝗳𝗲𝗰𝘁? Metcalfe's Law says: “𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐯𝐚𝐥𝐮𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐚 𝐧𝐞𝐭𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤 = 𝐍𝐮𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝐨𝐟 𝐮𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐬²” Let me show you how CRAZY this gets for Medial. 𝗪𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝗠𝗲𝗱𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗵𝗮𝗱 𝟭𝟬𝟬,𝟬𝟬𝟬 𝘂𝘀𝗲𝗿𝘀 = 10 Billion possible connections. 𝗡𝗼𝘄 𝗮𝘁 𝟮𝟱𝟬,𝟬𝟬𝟬 𝘂𝘀𝗲𝗿𝘀 = 62.5 Billion possible connections. 𝗪𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝗶𝘁 𝗵𝗶𝘁𝘀 𝟱𝟬𝟬,𝟬𝟬𝟬 𝘂𝘀𝗲𝗿𝘀 = 250 Billion possible connections. This is NOT 2x or 3x growth. 𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐢𝐬 𝐄𝐱𝐩𝐥𝐨𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐋𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐥 𝐠𝐫𝐨𝐰𝐭𝐡. 𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗗𝗼𝗲𝘀 𝗜𝘁 𝗠𝗲𝗮𝗻 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗬𝗢𝗨 (𝗣𝗿𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗜𝗺𝗽𝗮𝗰𝘁) 𝟭. 𝗘𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆 𝗡𝗲𝘄 𝗨𝘀𝗲𝗿 𝗜𝗻𝗰𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗲𝘀 𝗬𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗩𝗮𝗹𝘂𝗲 𝗧𝗼𝗼. More users → More: Smart founders to learn from Talent to hire from Collaborators for your startup Investors watching the space People consuming your content People recommending you 𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗹 𝗘𝘅𝗮𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗲: Remember early Twitter? Naval → Built audience early → Now Startup Godfather Justin Welsh → Early creator → Now $5M solo business Indie hackers → Met & built million-dollar projects Medial is going through that SAME PHASE. 𝟮. 𝗠𝗲𝗱𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗪𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗕𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝗔 𝗣𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺 𝗢𝗳 𝗠𝗶𝗻𝗶-𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗹𝗱𝘀. Watch closely. Right now → Everyone is talking in the open feed. Soon → It will break into: Startup-specific communities Founder support groups Investor-founder circles Hiring-only groups Creator-only spaces Just like: Reddit = Subreddits Discord = Private Servers Slack = Workspaces Twitter = Lists & Circles 𝟯. 𝗘𝗮𝗿𝗹𝘆 𝗨𝘀𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗪𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗕𝗲 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗞𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘀 & 𝗤𝘂𝗲𝗲𝗻𝘀 𝗢𝗳 𝗧𝗵𝗲𝗶𝗿 𝗦𝗽𝗮𝗰𝗲. 𝐄𝐱𝐚𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐞: Someone starting about “AI Founders” now → Will own that community later. Someone posting hiring content now → Will become the go-to recruiter. Someone curating Indian startup content now → Will become the media hub. 𝟰. 𝗠𝗼𝗻𝗲𝘆 𝗪𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗦𝘁𝗮𝗿𝘁 𝗙𝗹𝗼𝘄𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗜𝗻𝘀𝗶𝗱𝗲 𝗠𝗲𝗱𝗶𝗮𝗹. This ALWAYS happens in growing networks. Watch for: Paid Private Groups Brands running targeted campaigns Influencers selling startup courses Companies hiring directly from Medial Community owners monetizing their circles 𝐉𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐥𝐲 𝐒𝐮𝐛𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐰𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐞 $𝟓𝟎𝟎𝐊+ 𝐩𝐞𝐫 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐧𝐞𝐰𝐬𝐥𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬. Early Medial creators will get these chances too. 𝐑𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬: Early Twitter = Audience Explosion Early LinkedIn = Career Explosion Early Discord = Community Explosion Early Medial = Opportunity Explosion People will look back at 2025 and say: "𝐖𝐢𝐬𝐡 𝐈 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐥𝐲 𝐨𝐧 𝐌𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐚𝐥." Don’t be that person. Be the reason others say: "𝐆𝐥𝐚𝐝 𝐈 𝐟𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦 𝐨𝐧 𝐌𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐚𝐥." 𝗪𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗼𝗳? Go study how Dribbble changed the lives of designers. Early Dribbble users got discovered by top brands — without applying anywhere. Or look at Product Hunt. Makers who built audience early there — now get product launches with 10x visibility. Even Reddit. People who built valuable subreddits early — turned them into businesses, newsletters, agencies, communities. Same playbook. Different platforms. 𝗔𝗻𝗱 𝗴𝘂𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝘄𝗵𝗮𝘁? 𝗠𝗲𝗱𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗶𝘀 𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗹𝘆. This is not Instagram. This is not LinkedIn 2024 where organic reach is dead. This is a hungry platform — rewarding early contributors. 𝗦𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝗺𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗺𝗼𝘃𝗲 𝗿𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝗻𝗼𝘄? Pick your niche inside Medial. Go all-in. Maybe it’s: AI Founders Circle Indian Startup Builders SaaS Talent Network Bootstrapped Founder Stories Creator Economy Geeks Hiring & Job Sharing Space Growth Hacking Community It doesn’t matter what — but OWN something. 𝗙𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗱𝘀: Platforms reward users. But Networks reward Builders. Medial just entered its golden phase. A phase that comes once in every platform’s life. Where the people who show up early → Dominate later. Where the people who help early → Monetize later. Where the people who give value early → Print leverage later. 𝗛𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘆 𝗶𝘀 𝗿𝗲𝗽𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴. Just with a new platform. And a new set of early builders. This time → It could be you. The only question is: Will you scroll past this post like everyone else? Or will you build?