Brand Safety

Your Brand’s Next Viral Post Could Destroy It — And You’re Powerless to Stop It

Dove’s recent viral disaster isn’t a one-off mistake — it’s the predictable outcome of a system that rewards speed and provocation over brand safety. When content creation is outsourced to operators chasing clicks, and brand departments lose the power to say no, every brand is one algorithm away from self-destruction. AI will only accelerate the crisis.

Elon Musk Didn’t Destroy Twitter Because He’s Bad at Business. He Destroyed It Because He’s Too Good at His Own.

SpaceX’s earnings reveal Elon Musk wiped out two-thirds of Twitter’s ad revenue. The tragedy isn’t incompetence — it’s that his free speech ideology perfectly aligned with his own incentives while perfectly destroying the incentives of advertisers. A masterclass in how ignoring your business model leads to collapse.