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Gabor Cselle

@gabor.bsky.social

Built a Twitter alternative called Pebble/T2, wound it down. Now work at an AI lab.

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We reached $1M ARR with zero funding - ProjectionLab Bootstrapping a side project into a profitable seven-figure business in four years.

Inspiring story about a founder who bootstrapped a $1M revenue run rate business in a very crowded category (personal financial planning) through sheer persistence: projectionlab.com/blog/we-reac...

09.07.2025 15:41 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Makes me double check each time that I'm not on the other site.

09.07.2025 03:52 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Back on here after a little while and can't believe how Twitter-like the nav icons look.

09.07.2025 03:47 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Threads is nearing X's daily app users, new data shows | TechCrunch Threads' mobile app for iOS and Android saw 115.1 million daily active users, representing 127.8% year-over-year growth.

But then they started cross-promoting the best content on Instagram and Facebook, driving users back into the Threads app.. Now they are at 115.1M DAU, closing in on X’s 132M DAU.

I stand corrected.

09.07.2025 03:45 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

2 years ago I would’ve told you that Threads will go the way of Facebook Gaming, Lasso, Hobbi, and other clones that Meta shut down: A month after launch, Threads churned 82% of users.

That 82% was part of my T2 pitch to investors ...

09.07.2025 03:45 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Today I found out that LinkedIn has dark mode.

Settings > Account preferences > Display > Dark mode

30.05.2025 16:20 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

At first that's what I thought it was but then on closer look it looked too produced

28.05.2025 04:09 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Waymos now have art on them … reminds me of Google Doodles.

28.05.2025 04:07 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Had to check back in here after that Adobe story ...

13.04.2025 16:11 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Thinking about writing a post with Sarah, Mike, and Dan (the Pebble/T2 team)"The Trust and Safety Starter Pack."

What's the checklist of T&S features you should build as a new consumer startup to make sure your product doesn't become a cesspool?

Would this be interesting?

06.11.2023 18:26 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

β€œYou ran a classy joint” aka Pebble/T2

02.11.2023 02:07 β€” πŸ‘ 12    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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From T2 to Pebble: The Rise, Challenges, and Lessons of Building a Twitter Alternative Tl;dr We tried to build a Twitter alternative from scratch, starting a few weeks after Elon Musk took over Twitter and laid off half the…

We tried to build a Twitter alternative called Pebble (fka T2). Here's what we learned along the way: medium.com/gabor/from-t...

01.11.2023 21:08 β€” πŸ‘ 37    πŸ” 7    πŸ’¬ 11    πŸ“Œ 2
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T2 - the new public square T2 is the new public square, with a familiar 280 character format.

Hi folks, a year ago I started a Twitter alternative (initially called T2, later called Pebble.is). Tomorrow we will be shutting down. We weren't growing quickly enough to be able to raise money to build it out.

Lots of lessons learned. Will share some of them here in a bit.

31.10.2023 17:18 β€” πŸ‘ 18    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 2
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T2 - The new public square T2 is the new public square, with a familiar 280 character format. Join our waitlist to get access to our growing platform.

Our team is building t2.social, a kinder, version of Bluesky / Twitter / Threads. Check it out and join the waitlist - we’re sending invites daily.

07.07.2023 22:52 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Building t2.social

29.05.2023 22:28 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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