Field Notes · Vol. III

Playbooks for the feed, from people who live in it.

Data-driven guides, sharp takes, and post-mortems from the team building Brevv — and the founders, ghostwriters, and comms leads who teach us how LinkedIn actually works.

Updated May 17, 2026
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We A/B tested "I" against "we" on 212 founder posts. The result wasn't subtle.

First-person beat plural-voice on every metric except one — and that one is the reason most exec accounts still sound like a press release. The data, the caveats, and the rewrite rule we now bake into the product.

By Dev Patil · Research

Engagement is a vanity metric. Bookmarks aren't.

The case for measuring the posts people save for later instead of the ones they like in passing — and why the LinkedIn algorithm is finally, quietly, agreeing with us.

By Lior Adeyemo · Founder

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A field guide to LinkedIn hooks, ranked across 12,000 posts.

The numbered list is dying. The micro-confession is having a moment. Here's the full taxonomy with hit rates.

By Jules Ren · Research

How to interview yourself: a 30-minute prompt to find your real voice.

Six questions, a timer, and a willingness to be a little embarrassed by your own first take. Better than any voice-clone onboarding we've shipped.

By Maya Okafor

The Tuesday 10am myth, and what actually moves the needle.

Everyone tells you to post Tuesday at 10. Our data says it's the worst slot in three time zones. The real answer is duller, and better.

By Dev Patil

Why we shipped an "unsend" button instead of an AI fact-checker.

A product decision that took a month of fights, three killed prototypes, and one very specific Slack message at 11:47 on a Sunday.

By Lior Adeyemo

"I write nothing my CEO won't say out loud." A ghostwriter's code.

Twenty minutes with a Series-B ghostwriter who's been on retainer with three unicorns. On voice, ethics, and the prompt she'd never paste into ChatGPT.

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Posting through it: what to write when the launch slips.

Three template moves for the week you have to keep showing up while the product doesn't. They will not save the launch. They will save the year.

By Nikolai Volkov

Reading the room: how trends die three days before they peak.

The half-life of a LinkedIn meme, measured across 200 cycles. By the time it's in your feed, the smart accounts have already pivoted.

By Jules Ren

The founder voice problem, solved in 700 words.

A worksheet you can finish over a coffee. By the bottom of the page, you'll have a paragraph that sounds like you and nothing else. Steal it.

By Maya Okafor

Nine post types we'd quietly love it if you stopped shipping.

The faux-vulnerable trauma dump. The "agree?" tax. The Steve Jobs quote, again. A field guide to what to write instead — with the same hook energy, none of the cringe.

By Lior Adeyemo