1 hr 23 min

WeRateDogs (@dog_rates / Matt Nelson‪)‬ INFLUENCE

    • Technology

With more than 14 million followers across Twitter, Instagram and Facebook, WeRateDogs is on a mission that everyone on planet Earth can get behind: Rating cute doggos from the internet on a (dubious!) 10-point scale.
This blend of adorable dog pics, comedic captions, and obsessive fan-submitted content has catapulted the novelty account (and its creator, Matt Nelson) into a massive online brand, which uses its influence to entertain millions, sell merch, and help dogs in need.
Alli and Jen talk with Nelson about the inspiration for the account, how its explosive popularity changed his life, the serious inflation problem in the Dog Rating Economy, that time J.K. Rowling and Lin-Manuel Miranda followed him, why everything's political on Twitter, and his perfect response when Arnold Schwarzenegger asked him to rate his donkeys.
You're already following WeRateDogs, so what's the point of even linking? https://twitter.com/dog_rates
Support 2G1P on Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/2G1P
Join us on Discord: discord.gg/2g1p
Email us: 2G1Podcast@gmail.com
Talk to Alli and Jen:
https://twitter.com/alligold
https://twitter.com/joonbugger
Call the show and leave a message! (347) 871-6548 
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With more than 14 million followers across Twitter, Instagram and Facebook, WeRateDogs is on a mission that everyone on planet Earth can get behind: Rating cute doggos from the internet on a (dubious!) 10-point scale.
This blend of adorable dog pics, comedic captions, and obsessive fan-submitted content has catapulted the novelty account (and its creator, Matt Nelson) into a massive online brand, which uses its influence to entertain millions, sell merch, and help dogs in need.
Alli and Jen talk with Nelson about the inspiration for the account, how its explosive popularity changed his life, the serious inflation problem in the Dog Rating Economy, that time J.K. Rowling and Lin-Manuel Miranda followed him, why everything's political on Twitter, and his perfect response when Arnold Schwarzenegger asked him to rate his donkeys.
You're already following WeRateDogs, so what's the point of even linking? https://twitter.com/dog_rates
Support 2G1P on Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/2G1P
Join us on Discord: discord.gg/2g1p
Email us: 2G1Podcast@gmail.com
Talk to Alli and Jen:
https://twitter.com/alligold
https://twitter.com/joonbugger
Call the show and leave a message! (347) 871-6548 
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

1 hr 23 min

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