LinkedIn Viral Post Generator Acquired by Taplio

A little more than a week ago, Tom Orbach was absolutely delighted by the launch of his LinkedIn viral post generator, a website that uses artificial intelligence to ape viral LinkedIn posts. The internet devoured it so much that a company paid real money to own it.

The Viral Post Generator was created using an artificial intelligence that was tasked with analyzing more than 100,000 posts that had gone viral on Linkedin. He said on August 15th that the tool could personalize posts for anyone, and that it was the first of its kind in the world. All users had to do was tell the artificial intelligence what they did, include a piece of inspiring advice, and choose a cringe level.

The results were hilarious works of art, some of which I could imagine being on the professional networking website, which is full of useless advice masquerading as information that will change your life and conquer all your obstacles. Sometimes we need inspiration more than substantive information. It's fine The internet inspired some of the posts.

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On Thursday, Orbach announced that his Viral Post Generator had been bought by a Wyoming-based advertising agency. It looks like the tool is legit, even though some of us here at Gizmodo thought it was fake. The call to action button was on the viral post generator.

The one week from launch to acquisition is not bad. From the bottom of my heart, thank you for using the viral post generator, it will be run by Taplio from now on. My next projects will be funded by this money. You are going to adore them.

He didn't say how much he had been paid. Gizmodo reached out to Orbach and Taplio on Thursday, but they did not reply by the time they were published.

While I am a huge fan of the Viral Post Generator, the fact that it learns what kinds of things go viral on LinkedIn and how to write them reminds me that content on the social media network is just as inauthentic as it is on the photo sharing site. Long speeches, inspiring advice, and stories of overcoming hardship are some of the things that get clicks. Perfectly tailored posts on social networks can become tiring after a while.