In this episode of Panoptic Conversations, Tapan and Ishan discuss how Instagram and Discord got their first 1000 customers as covered in the "First 1000" newsletter by Ali Abouelatta. They also relate this with the "1000 True Fans" article by Kevin Kelly.

Primary Links:

• "First1000" by Ali Abouelatta: https://first1000.substack.com/
• "1000 True Fans" by Kevin Kelly: https://kk.org/thetechnium/1000-true-fans/

Secondary Links:

• Instagram's First 1000: https://first1000.substack.com/p/-instagram-in-1-minute
• Discord's First 1000: https://first1000.substack.com/p/-discord
• Early Adopter Effect in Social Media: https://www.businessinsider.in/tech/the-early-adopter-effect-social-marketing-strategy-isnt-as-important-as-getting-there-first/articleshow/34487150.cms
• Hackers hack unique twitter handle: https://medium.com/@N/how-i-lost-my-50-000-twitter-username-24eb09e026dd
• The Long Tail: https://www.wired.com/2004/10/tail/

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