@nickbruhman posted about the history of sneaker botting on X. Replies from @sockjig note that many smart developers came from the botting side of Sneaker Twitter, including those behind Slash. @Deor states that people involved with sneaker bot companies have moved on to strong startup work because the resourcefulness required translates directly. @cirnocodes recalls late-night coding sessions while still in school to keep bots running for drops. Other posts observe that Sneaker Twitter is active again with these recollections.
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Former teen bot developers are credited with founding companies like Slash.
@nickbruhman posted about the history of sneaker botting on X. Replies from @sockjig note that many smart developers came from the botting side of Sneaker Twitter, including those behind Slash. @Deor states that people involved with sneaker bot companies have moved on to strong startup work because the resourcefulness required translates directly. @cirnocodes recalls late-night coding sessions while still in school to keep bots running for drops. Other posts observe that Sneaker Twitter is active again with these recollections.
deor@DeorGenuinely everyone who was involved with sneaker bot companies have gone to work on great things. If you worked on a sneaker bo,t you needed to be as resourceful as possible or you would fall behind. And that translates to working on startups too
ali@0itsali0Been on a flight for 16 hours and i come back to see Sneaker Twitter back, this shit is nostalgic.
sockjig@sockjigI mentioned briefly in last pod that there were a lot of smart devs that came from the botting side of Sneaker Twitter, including the people behind @slashapp
18pairsonkith@18pairsonkithdoes the statute of limitations actually expire on leaking AK Chefs stock numbers?
Nicolas Brillante@nickbruhmansneaker twitter is officially trending on X the rest of the internet is finally finding out what happened in this tiny corner of it time to crown me the king of sneaker twitter. i brought this community back
Many accounts welcomed Sneaker Twitter trending again with nostalgia for its botting era and community fixes, while a few replies called reselling damaging or complained about bot failures.
Based on 110 sentiment-bearing replies from 98 accounts across 4 conversations.
deor@DeorGenuinely everyone who was involved with sneaker bot companies have gone to work on great things. If you worked on a sneaker bo,t you needed to be as resourceful as possible or you would fall behind. And that translates to working on startups too
ali@0itsali0Been on a flight for 16 hours and i come back to see Sneaker Twitter back, this shit is nostalgic.
sockjig@sockjigI mentioned briefly in last pod that there were a lot of smart devs that came from the botting side of Sneaker Twitter, including the people behind @slashapp
Lois Sakany@LoisSakany@sockjig @slashapp I was always so impressed by them! It's part of why I have no hate for resellers, it's never been an easy hustle
Many accounts welcomed Sneaker Twitter trending again with nostalgia for its botting era and community fixes, while a few replies called reselling damaging or complained about bot failures.
Based on 110 sentiment-bearing replies from 98 accounts across 4 conversations.
