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diff --git a/content/posts/2021/the-origin-story/index.md b/content/posts/2021/the-origin-story/index.md index c36f8e1..3ab7685 100644 --- a/content/posts/2021/the-origin-story/index.md +++ b/content/posts/2021/the-origin-story/index.md @@ -1,19 +1,18 @@ --- title: "The origin story" -slug: the-origin-story pubDate: 2021-07-09T14:00:00.000Z updatedDate: 2026-04-05T14:29:52.000Z draft: false excerpt: "Everyone loves a good origin story. SLIST was founded in Mexico City on July 10, 2021 by Saimon Sekta — a New York City native who was visiting Mexico City … Read more" categories: - - { name: BTS, slug: bts } + - BTS tags: - - { name: cdmx, slug: cdmx } - - { name: community, slug: community } - - { name: format-long-form, slug: format-long-form } - - { name: growth, slug: growth } - - { name: identity, slug: identity } - - { name: tone-reflective, slug: tone-reflective } + - cdmx + - community + - format-long-form + - growth + - identity + - tone-reflective featured: src: https://cdn.slist.net/posts/the-origin-story/cover.pngDiff truncated (32 lines total). View full commit on GitHub →
content: rewrite image URLs from slist.net/wp-content to cdn.slist.net/posts/<slug>/
diff --git a/content/posts/2021/the-origin-story/index.md b/content/posts/2021/the-origin-story/index.md index 3d31b3a..c36f8e1 100644 --- a/content/posts/2021/the-origin-story/index.md +++ b/content/posts/2021/the-origin-story/index.md @@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ tags: - { name: identity, slug: identity } - { name: tone-reflective, slug: tone-reflective } featured: - src: https://slist.net/wp-content/uploads/ai_69d20b593e3a36.61775390.png + src: https://cdn.slist.net/posts/the-origin-story/cover.png alt: "Atmospheric dark cityscape representing the SLIST origin story" legacy_wp_id: 15872 ---fix(web): point upload URLs at slist.net (cdn.slist.net not wired up yet)
diff --git a/content/posts/2021/the-origin-story/index.md b/content/posts/2021/the-origin-story/index.md index 5795144..3d31b3a 100644 --- a/content/posts/2021/the-origin-story/index.md +++ b/content/posts/2021/the-origin-story/index.md @@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ tags: - { name: identity, slug: identity } - { name: tone-reflective, slug: tone-reflective } featured: - src: https://cdn.slist.net/ai_69d20b593e3a36.61775390.png + src: https://slist.net/wp-content/uploads/ai_69d20b593e3a36.61775390.png alt: "Atmospheric dark cityscape representing the SLIST origin story" legacy_wp_id: 15872 ---feat(web): visually mirror slist.net blog (index + single post)
diff --git a/content/posts/2021/the-origin-story/index.md b/content/posts/2021/the-origin-story/index.md index 35f1edc..5795144 100644 --- a/content/posts/2021/the-origin-story/index.md +++ b/content/posts/2021/the-origin-story/index.md @@ -4,6 +4,19 @@ slug: the-origin-story pubDate: 2021-07-09T14:00:00.000Z updatedDate: 2026-04-05T14:29:52.000Z draft: false +excerpt: "Everyone loves a good origin story. SLIST was founded in Mexico City on July 10, 2021 by Saimon Sekta — a New York City native who was visiting Mexico City … Read more" +categories: + - { name: BTS, slug: bts } +tags: + - { name: cdmx, slug: cdmx } + - { name: community, slug: community } + - { name: format-long-form, slug: format-long-form } + - { name: growth, slug: growth } + - { name: identity, slug: identity } + - { name: tone-reflective, slug: tone-reflective } +featured: + src: https://cdn.slist.net/ai_69d20b593e3a36.61775390.png + alt: "Atmospheric dark cityscape representing the SLIST origin story" legacy_wp_id: 15872 --- Everyone loves a good origin story.feat(web): full posts+pages sync, browseable UI, curated pages allowlist
diff --git a/content/posts/2021/the-origin-story/index.md b/content/posts/2021/the-origin-story/index.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..35f1edc --- /dev/null +++ b/content/posts/2021/the-origin-story/index.md @@ -0,0 +1,27 @@ +--- +title: "The origin story" +slug: the-origin-story +pubDate: 2021-07-09T14:00:00.000Z +updatedDate: 2026-04-05T14:29:52.000Z +draft: false +legacy_wp_id: 15872 +--- +Everyone loves a good origin story. + +SLIST was founded in Mexico City on July 10, 2021 by Saimon Sekta — a New York City native who was visiting Mexico City as a tourist. At first it was a response to the need for a one-stop weekly listing of local electronic music events. + +A private Instagram account through which the event offerings of Mexico City’s scene was compiled and disseminated was created. This would quickly evolve into a larger project which would shift its focus toward curating and honestly critiquing local events. + +SLIST’s confrontational, avant-garde approach was mostly well received at the time, even by promoters whose events were criticized. This fostered an environment in which feedback became a key tool to improve the quality of local parties. From there, SLIST’s scope expanded to promoting guest list invitations, which gained the project greater notoriety. + +After a year and a half in Mexico City, Saimon returned to NYC and SLIST undertook a new endeavor in February 2023. Two courses of action were taken — a public WhatsApp group was created to retain the growth that the project had achieved in Mexico City, and a new SLIST Instagram account, ever-so-cleverly named SLIST NYC, was created with the aim of doing similar work focused on the New York City scene. + +On the Mexico City side, SLIST’s WhatsApp group, “Chisme,” ended up going viral and opened up a new niche in the market: a space for self-promotion, local scene gossip, and guest list promotions. SLIST became the largest and most controversial guest list platform in the market, responsible for hosting guest list giveaways for some of the biggest raves in Mexico City. + +In NYC, a similar group chat was started in March 2023, leading to the first SLIST party organized in December 2023 in SoHo. Since then, SLIST events have become a mainstay in the NYC rave scene, with no signs or intention of slowing down. However, this explosive growth met the ire of certain, not-so-wonderful individuals. + +Due to an unrelenting speak-from-the-heart policy, brutal honesty, and a NYC scene very much stuck in its ways, controversy inevitably would follow the project everywhere it went. SLIST would consistently find itself on the battlegrounds of cancel wars contrived by people who have nothing better to do than to desperately try to tear down others doing something that disrupts the status quo (please get a life, you would be so much happier if you did, we promise). Fortunately, the controversy only carried the project to greater and greater heights, cementing not only its foothold, but its vision, adherence to its core values, and the bond it has with its community. +Diff truncated (34 lines total). View full commit on GitHub →
