{"id":640325,"date":"2024-10-02T20:51:14","date_gmt":"2024-10-02T17:51:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/viral-recommendation-newsletter-perfectly-imperfect-is-free-from-the-algorithm\/"},"modified":"2024-10-02T20:51:14","modified_gmt":"2024-10-02T17:51:14","slug":"viral-recommendation-newsletter-perfectly-imperfect-is-free-from-the-algorithm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/viral-recommendation-newsletter-perfectly-imperfect-is-free-from-the-algorithm\/","title":{"rendered":"#Viral recommendation newsletter Perfectly Imperfect is free from the algorithm"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3ab6819d046\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" 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class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"content_blocks\">\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-264553\" class=\"content_block paragraph image triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left center_align\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"media_wrapper\">\n<p>  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_1440,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/240914034377010026-Edit_om4hbh\/perfectly-imperfect-substack-tyler-bainbridge-interview.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_220,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/240914034377010026-Edit_om4hbh\/perfectly-imperfect-substack-tyler-bainbridge-interview.jpg 220w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_300,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/240914034377010026-Edit_om4hbh\/perfectly-imperfect-substack-tyler-bainbridge-interview.jpg 300w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_400,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/240914034377010026-Edit_om4hbh\/perfectly-imperfect-substack-tyler-bainbridge-interview.jpg 400w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_600,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/240914034377010026-Edit_om4hbh\/perfectly-imperfect-substack-tyler-bainbridge-interview.jpg 600w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_750,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/240914034377010026-Edit_om4hbh\/perfectly-imperfect-substack-tyler-bainbridge-interview.jpg 750w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_840,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/240914034377010026-Edit_om4hbh\/perfectly-imperfect-substack-tyler-bainbridge-interview.jpg 840w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_960,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/240914034377010026-Edit_om4hbh\/perfectly-imperfect-substack-tyler-bainbridge-interview.jpg 960w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_1260,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/240914034377010026-Edit_om4hbh\/perfectly-imperfect-substack-tyler-bainbridge-interview.jpg 1260w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_1800,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/240914034377010026-Edit_om4hbh\/perfectly-imperfect-substack-tyler-bainbridge-interview.jpg 1800w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_2400,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/240914034377010026-Edit_om4hbh\/perfectly-imperfect-substack-tyler-bainbridge-interview.jpg 2400w,\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 640px\" alt=\"Viral recommendation newsletter Perfectly Imperfect is free from the algorithm\"><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"img_caption\"><\/p>\n<p>  <span class=\"credit\"><\/p>\n<p>      Sam Wachs (@schmoomer on IG)<\/p>\n<p>  <\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-264548\" class=\"content_block paragraph text triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left center_align\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"paragraph_wrapper center_align\">\n<p>            Tyler Bainbridge and I are sitting outside the New York City TikTok hotspot Fanelli\u2019s on a muggy September afternoon, joking about being play-pretend downtown scenesters taking up the corner of a busy SoHo intersection. It\u2019s actually pretty funny, given the former <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Facebook<\/a> software engineer is the main person behind <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.perfectlyimperfect.fyi\/\">Perfectly Imperfect<\/a>, the 84,000 subscriber-strong Substack that\u2019s made him a semi-reluctant authority on NYC cool \u2014 not that he\u2019s really complaining. His only gripe is with the sheer amount of shameless self-promotion that&#8217;s currently taking up a large part of his inbox.<\/p>\n<p>            Originally started in 2020 by Bainbridge and college friends Alex Cushing and Serey Morm (the latter of whom is no longer involved), <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.perfectlyimperfect.fyi\/\">Perfectly Imperfect<\/a> is a biweekly email <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/news\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"2\" title=\"News\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">news<\/a>letter sharing recommendations \u2014 as specific as books to as <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/general\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"3\" title=\"General\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">general<\/a> as \u201c<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.perfectlyimperfect.fyi\/p\/nilufer-yanya\">walks in the cemetery<\/a>\u201d \u2014 from a rotating roster of buzzy A-listers, influential creatives, and emerging artists alike. Spread across disciplines as varied as songwriting, <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.perfectlyimperfect.fyi\/p\/239-bianca-perez\">meme-making<\/a>, and <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.perfectlyimperfect.fyi\/p\/226-anna-delvey\">scamming<\/a>, its guests have included pop star <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/thefader.com\/artist\/charli-xcx\">Charli XCX<\/a> and experimental producers Body Meat; indie sleaze icon <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.perfectlyimperfect.fyi\/p\/281-meg-superstar-princess\">Meg Superstar Princess<\/a> alongside <i>The Bear<\/i>\u2019s <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.perfectlyimperfect.fyi\/p\/328-ayo-edebiri\">Ayo Edebiri<\/a>; and rising indie rocker <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/thefader.com\/artist\/mj-lenderman\">MJ Lenderman<\/a> a few scrolls away from <i>Red Scare<\/i> podcast host <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.perfectlyimperfect.fyi\/p\/163-dasha-nekrasova\">Dasha Nekrasova<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>            It isn\u2019t uncommon to also spot a <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.perfectlyimperfect.fyi\/p\/perfectly-imperfect-music-4\">playlist<\/a> or a handful of <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.perfectlyimperfect.fyi\/p\/editor-recs-tyler-bainbridge\">recommendations<\/a> from Bainbridge himself, a self-proclaimed \u201cmusic nerd\u201d who\u2019s thrown shows for NYC dance trio <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/fcukers__\/?hl=en\">Fcukers<\/a>, gassed up Chanel Beads, and sent out a <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/thefader.com\/artist\/snow-strippers\">Snow Strippers<\/a>-curated newsletter. Because cool stuff is meant to be shared, for the Perfectly Imperfect founder, it\u2019s all about using his seal of <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>roval to bring attention to some of his favorite new musicians \u2014 just don\u2019t call him a \u201ctastemaker.\u201d <\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-264556\" class=\"content_block paragraph text triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left center_align\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"paragraph_wrapper center_align\">\n<div class=\"\" style=\"padding-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 20px; text-align: left;\">\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-264549\" class=\"content_block paragraph text triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left center_align\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"paragraph_wrapper center_align\">\n<p>            <b>Going from a software engineer at Facebook to running a viral newsletter like Perfectly Imperfect is quite the career transition. How does that even happen?<br \/><\/b><br \/>It kind of started as a little project to do on the side while working my boring tech job during peak COVID. I was getting fed up with how algorithmic and homogenized everyone&#8217;s taste and curation was getting, and I thought it would be interesting to start something that brought it back to a more human level and what a certain individual likes.<\/p>\n<p>            For the first few years the formula stayed the same, which was just asking people for five recommendations. It never had to be a product or [piece of] media; it could be anything. So people would talk about parts of their routine and share little bits about themselves, which painted a nice picture of who they are. Then, slowly, it grew this pretty large, organic following.<\/p>\n<p>            <b>Who\u2019s the quintessential Perfectly Imperfect subscriber?<br \/><\/b><br \/>A lot of people think [our subscriber base] is very New York-centric, but it&#8217;s really people from all over the world who are interested in learning from others. I also think there&#8217;s the meta-recommendation of who we decide to have on Perfectly Imperfect. You may think everyone already knows who someone is, but the truth is that a lot of people don&#8217;t. They want to check out their music and their recommendations, and we&#8217;re kind of co-signing these people that we think you should check out.<\/p>\n<p>            <b>So you\u2019re kind of the ultimate curator of influential cultural figures? The tastemaker of tastemakers?<br \/><\/b><br \/>I hate the word tastemaker but, unfortunately\u2026 I don&#8217;t know. I\u2019m really just a music nerd and a fan of culture that now has a seat at the table to contribute [to the discourse]. <\/p>\n<p>            [The newsletter is] not really about being top-down; it&#8217;s a nice snapshot of who someone is. People do a bunch of profiles on a press tour, but a lot of them tend to hit the same notes, so I imagine it gets a little boring for the person who&#8217;s doing the interviews. I think people just like that they can come on Perfectly Imperfect to talk about five random things, and, as a reader, you learn about a different side of them. <\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-264555\" class=\"content_block paragraph image triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left center_align\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"media_wrapper\">\n<p>  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_1440,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/240914034377020019-Edit_mg1y0z\/perfectly-imperfect-substack-tyler-bainbridge-interview.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_220,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/240914034377020019-Edit_mg1y0z\/perfectly-imperfect-substack-tyler-bainbridge-interview.jpg 220w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_300,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/240914034377020019-Edit_mg1y0z\/perfectly-imperfect-substack-tyler-bainbridge-interview.jpg 300w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_400,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/240914034377020019-Edit_mg1y0z\/perfectly-imperfect-substack-tyler-bainbridge-interview.jpg 400w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_600,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/240914034377020019-Edit_mg1y0z\/perfectly-imperfect-substack-tyler-bainbridge-interview.jpg 600w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_750,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/240914034377020019-Edit_mg1y0z\/perfectly-imperfect-substack-tyler-bainbridge-interview.jpg 750w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_840,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/240914034377020019-Edit_mg1y0z\/perfectly-imperfect-substack-tyler-bainbridge-interview.jpg 840w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_960,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/240914034377020019-Edit_mg1y0z\/perfectly-imperfect-substack-tyler-bainbridge-interview.jpg 960w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_1260,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/240914034377020019-Edit_mg1y0z\/perfectly-imperfect-substack-tyler-bainbridge-interview.jpg 1260w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_1800,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/240914034377020019-Edit_mg1y0z\/perfectly-imperfect-substack-tyler-bainbridge-interview.jpg 1800w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_2400,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/240914034377020019-Edit_mg1y0z\/perfectly-imperfect-substack-tyler-bainbridge-interview.jpg 2400w,\" sizes=\"100vw\" alt=\"Viral recommendation newsletter Perfectly Imperfect is free from the algorithm\"><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"img_caption\"><\/p>\n<p>  <span class=\"credit\"><\/p>\n<p>      Sam Wachs (@schmoomer on IG)<\/p>\n<p>  <\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-264557\" class=\"content_block paragraph text triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left center_align\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"paragraph_wrapper center_align\">\n<div class=\"\" style=\"padding-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 20px; text-align: left;\">\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-264550\" class=\"content_block paragraph text triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left center_align\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"paragraph_wrapper center_align\">\n<p>\n            <b>Right, you get to learn some more fun tidbits about these people. It\u2019s less stiff than a prepped PR statement.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>            I think we&#8217;ve been able to capture that vibe in a way that hasn&#8217;t really been tainted yet, because it\u2019s a genuine reflection of what someone likes. I think the idea of like \u201cfive albums that influenced your upcoming album\u201d is kind of tired, and people don&#8217;t always want to answer those questions. It\u2019s like, they want to talk about where they <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.perfectlyimperfect.fyi\/p\/339-sam-rolfes\">get a sandwich<\/a> every couple days, right?  <\/p>\n<p>            <b>That reminds me, I noticed that you\u2019ve done a bunch of newsletters with rising artists like <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.perfectlyimperfect.fyi\/p\/327-chanel-beads\">Chanel Beads<\/a> and <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.perfectlyimperfect.fyi\/p\/body-meat\">Body Meat<\/a>. Are you trying to concentrate more on the underground music space?<\/b><\/p>\n<p>            Well, we&#8217;re trying to be what we don&#8217;t see in music journalism now. There\u2019s this opportunity with Pitchfork semi-kicking the bucket, but I also don&#8217;t just want to feature musicians. We are thinking about doing some new stuff with them though, like that <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.talkhouse.com\/lou-reed-of-the-velvet-underground-talks-kanye-wests-yeezus\/\">old <i>Talkhouse<\/i> article<\/a> where <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/thefader.com\/artist\/lou-reed\">Lou Reed<\/a> is reviewing <i>Yeezus<\/i> and articulating his thoughts on why it\u2019s great. I&#8217;m trying to put together more moments where you get someone legendary and interesting to review a new artist. <\/p>\n<p>            <b>Like DJ <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.perfectlyimperfect.fyi\/p\/perfectly-imperfect-michael-imperioli\">Michael Imperioli<\/a>.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>            Yeah! Get him to review someone&#8217;s film or something. That\u2019d be so cool.<\/p>\n<p>            <b>At what point were you like, \u201cHoly shit, this is actually huge\u201d in terms of Perfectly Imperfect?<\/b><\/p>\n<p>            After that first party we threw with <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/thefader.com\/artist\/the-dare\">The Dare<\/a>, we got a big write-up in <i><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2022\/10\/25\/style\/perfectly-imperfect-party-newsletter.html\">The New York Times<\/a><\/i>, and it was the biggest jump in subscribers we&#8217;ve ever had. I don&#8217;t particularly like that piece [\u201cWhat the \u2018Cool Kids\u2019 of Perfectly Imperfect Are Super Into\u201d]. I mean, it was catnip for Twitter haters. Like, I would just go on Twitter and see, like, a tweet that&#8217;s like, \u201cThese aren&#8217;t the fucking cool kids\u201d or whatever with 10,000 likes. <\/p>\n<p>            <b>I didn\u2019t realize you guys did live events.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>            Yeah, the flyers get slightly lost in the mix, but we <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.perfectlyimperfect.fyi\/p\/girls-by-the-dare-live-music-video\">threw the party<\/a> where the \u201cGirls\u201d music video was filmed. We also did a lot of the early shows for Fcukers and, the year before that, we had <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/thefader.com\/artist\/snow-strippers\">Snow Strippers<\/a>, who were new at the time, and <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/thefader.com\/artist\/the-hellp\">The Hellp<\/a>.  <\/p>\n<p>            We&#8217;ve also thrown so many shows, and it&#8217;s the only real-life part of what we do. We did two <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/thefader.com\/tag\/south-by-southwest\">South by Southwest<\/a> showcases in the spring. One was headlined by Fcukers and the other by Chanel Beads.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-264551\" class=\"content_block paragraph text triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left center_align\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"paragraph_wrapper center_align\">\n<p>            <b>How often do they happen?<\/b><\/p>\n<p>            We throw shows every month or two, so pretty frequently, but I\u2019m taking a slight step back from that. I love doing it, and watching a show we had a hand in throwing is one of my favorite parts of doing Perfectly Imperfect. But it&#8217;s a ton of work \u2014 booking, having to delicately balance a lot of people&#8217;s egos, monitoring ticket sales. And, the truth is, there aren\u2019t that many venues and DIY spaces you can play in Manhattan these days. We&#8217;ve thrown shows in the basement of Italian restaurants and weird places like that, but it&#8217;s pretty hard to find something that isn&#8217;t a larger venue. <\/p>\n<p>            <b>Yeah, booking talent in particular is rough. I\u2019m assuming it was kind of the same for the newsletter at the beginning?<br \/><\/b><br \/>At the beginning it was really hard. You send a ton of emails and you get a lot of \u201cno thanks,\u201d but eventually, some of those turn to a \u201cyes.\u201d And when you get the right \u201cyes\u201d or have grown enough, people take us more seriously. A lot of publicists now read Perfectly Imperfect, which is a huge benefit compared to 2020, when I was just sending cold emails as some random guy.<\/p>\n<p>            Now we have a lot of people begging to be in it. There are a lot of publicists, people asking their friends to text me, and it&#8217;s hard to navigate. I never want to start featuring people that I didn&#8217;t actually want to feature, but they got pitched. Then, you\u2019re suddenly losing the charm you had initially.  <\/p>\n<p><b>How do you decide who gets one now?  <br \/><\/b><br \/>We still try to strike a balance of having really famous people and some random writer that I think is small and deserves the same spotlight. I think that balance is really important to what we do. I don&#8217;t see that going anywhere.<\/p>\n<p>            But I also realized that we shouldn&#8217;t restrict all this recommendation stuff and tastemaking to just celebrities and people that I deem \u201cimportant\u201d enough to feature in the newsletter. We all send albums and articles or whatever to each other in group chats anyways, so I built a whole social media platform where now you can make recommendations, bookmark [cool things], and add it to a list to read later. We should let anyone make recommendations \u2014 democratize it.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-264552\" class=\"content_block paragraph text triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left center_align\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"paragraph_wrapper center_align\">\n<p>            <i>This interview has been lightly edited and condensed for clarity.<br \/><\/i><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"author\">\n    <span><br \/>\n      By <span class=\"credit_name\">Sandra Song<\/span><br \/>\n  <\/span><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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