In the past, the most painful part of doing market reviews internally was 'source screening'. The fragments scattered across Telegram, Discord, and X often drained our energy during the confirmation phase. Since using Rumour.app, I started to treat it as a collaborative intelligence panel: each clue carries the original author's credibility score, interaction trajectory, and forwarding path, allowing me to directly incorporate the verification logic accumulated in practice into the task process.
Taking an example from the Token2049 period: a Hong Kong VC casually mentioned outside the Re(fundamentals) forum about an upcoming strategic round for an AI project. I immediately used #Traderumour to search for related discussions and found that three anonymous researchers had already connected early signs. In our internal meeting, we established a 'two-hour verification' standard based on these clues—if the same topic in Rumour.app receives more than 5 independent confirmations within 120 minutes, we allow executing small position bets; otherwise, it's archived. This SOP generated based on platform microstructure makes the team more willing to share intelligence, rather than worrying that no one will respond after contributing.
After long-term use, I break down the value of Rumour.app into three layers:
• Aggregation layer: Consolidate scattered rumors and provide credibility ratings to reduce noise with data;
• Collaboration layer: Complete comments, tagging, and internal discussions on the same interface, so that 'those who find information' and 'those who make decisions' are no longer disconnected;
• Execution layer: Shorten response time through one-click ordering, reducing the path from inspiration to implementation.
Currently, I treat the daily rankings pushed by the platform as an 'emotional radar,' while my self-built关注列表 serves as a 'project incubator.' This closed loop of 'listen - talk - do' not only improves the hit rate but also allows me to establish a replicable system for the team. In the future, even if I am not on site, they can still capture opportunities at the same rhythm, which is more important than any single victory.
