alicelthwaite

Oh dear - I've since moved hosting providers. Are you having issues now?

I would say that my target market aren't really familiar with twitter - let alone Reddit. Also it's just a time thing - I spend about 15 - 20 hours researching each newsletter.

Hey Tam - thanks for your question. So my target market don't generally want to hear the topics I'm posting. They have to trust that I'm as liberal as they are before they start taking me seriously.

So it became clear that the most important part of the ECC was to create a trusted brand.

Otherwise, I spent about a year trying to figure out a solution to the filter bubble. I was looking at RSS feeds, new types of algorithms, and it was all very complicated. The idea of a newsletter MVP made sense.

After I get to about 5k subscribers I'll be putting on events - with the aim of creating a B2B qualitative research firm. But that's a long way off - who knows where the journey will take me.

Feel free to add me on twitter so we can discuss more - would love your thoughts! @alicelthwaite

Haha Berghain is yet to let me in. I wonder what the record is for consecutive refusals? I'll try and beat it... :)

Hey Cheriot! I totally agree!

Hello Simon! I'd say no not really - I did think that I may only have 2 years to travel around Europe. But it was a minor reason.

Thanks - I agree with everything you've just said. The thing I didn't mention is that I love the Berlin culture. I knew I'd feel at home here. So there's a subjective reason too.

Hmmm I kind of disagree there. I'm having to make new friends and get out of my comfort zone. In time I'm going to start exploring other areas. I'm really keen to get collaborators on board for instance.

Nothing is perfect - this was just the best move for me at the time :)

I did actually consider Liverpool. That was on the shortlist.

Ha - I'm the author - I would say that Brexit is a minor factor for leaving. The main one is affordability. Also Berlin is more fun...

Hi there - I'm the author of this piece. I don't actually speak German. I'm trying to improve - however, I wouldn't say it's required in Germany to start something on your own. Many of the meetups are in English and everyone I've spoken to is fluent. I think it's another story if you're trying to get a job though...

Hey! I'm the author! This is pretty cool to be number one on Hacker News. The idea behind the newsletter is to build a brand which makes liberal metropolitans comfortable with hearing viewpoints outside their own. Then I can monetise it! :)

It's everyone speaks English so it's a non-issue! I'm not fluent in German. Berlin is extremely welcoming to all internationals in that regard.

I'm not a recruiter and I completely agree. Never accept a counter offer. Having said this - I work in sales, and a lot depends on trust between you and the company when you work in that profession. It may be different for developers etc.

Ironic that an article criticising streams of consciousness, is in fact, another stream of consciousness...