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On Friday , the speculation firm Andreessen Horowitztweeted out a linkto its guide on how to “ build your social media front , ” which features advice for founders on thing like “ how to notice your hoi polloi ” and “ how often to post . ”

The timing of the tweet was ironic given the societal media frenzy on Friday after founder Ben Horowitzposted on X.He was upset over anarticlein The San Francisco Standard about his fellowship ’s political donations and criminate his rival , VC Michael Moritz — who owns The Standard — of orchestrating the story . ( The Standard ’s executive editor program , Jon Steinberg , said heassignedthe article and that Moritz had nothing to do with it . )

Andreessen Horowitz ’s Marc Andreessen has also had a storied , and sometimes agonistic , relationship with social medium . A Meta board fellow member , hequit Twitterin 2016 because it had grown too toxic for him but returned and quickly reconstruct a huge following . Earlier this year , he and VC Vinod Khosla struggle aboutAIon the X platform ( formerly Twitter ) , in which a16z is aninvestor .

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