UBI Works — Social Media Performance & AI Content Strategy
Date: 2026-05-27 Source: Zoom meeting summary [Source: zoom@ubiworks.ca, gmail_id 19e6ae478c51664a, 2026-05-27]
Quick Recap
Meeting focused on social media performance updates and UBI-related content strategy. phil-chabot reported follower drops on Instagram and X due to platform-wide bot cleanup efforts; growth on TikTok and Facebook. Discussion covered AI displacement of workers, tax inequality framing, and political candidates’ proposals (token taxes, retraining programs). Reviewed specific performance metrics across platforms for UBI Works and Commonwealth accounts.
Key Discussions
Social Media Performance
- Instagram and X follower drops attributed to platform-wide bot cleanup — not a content quality issue [Source: Phil Chabot, 2026-05-27]
- TikTok and Facebook showing healthy growth [Source: Phil Chabot, 2026-05-27]
- Commonwealth’s TikTok reach was unexpectedly high compared to other platforms [Source: Meeting summary, 2026-05-27]
- Viral Commonwealth Facebook post noted with increased followers [Source: Meeting summary, 2026-05-27]
AI Displacement & Tax Inequality Content
- phil-chabot discussed a Chinese court case awarding compensation to a worker replaced by AI [Source: Phil Chabot, 2026-05-27]
- Tax inequality framing: a nurse in Queens earning 12,000 annually in taxes; the bottom half of income earners pay only 3% of taxes [Source: Phil Chabot, 2026-05-27]
- Phil argued the tax system should be more progressive — the nurse should pay no taxes [Source: Phil Chabot, 2026-05-27]
- Warren Buffett’s comments on companies paying federal taxes used as social content framing [Source: Meeting summary, 2026-05-27]
Political Proposals Content Review
- Mallory McLaughlin’s AI jobs plan discussed as content source [Source: Meeting summary, 2026-05-27]
- Mark Cuban’s token tax concept examined — concerns raised about backlash from energy usage taxes [Source: Meeting summary, 2026-05-27]
- Skepticism expressed about effectiveness of retraining programs as AI policy response [Source: Meeting summary, 2026-05-27]
Upcoming Content
- Phil planning to release a language AI strategy the following week [Source: Phil Chabot, 2026-05-27]
Health Insurance — Phil (Quebec)
- liam-wilkinson (UBI) provided Phil an update: available Quebec plans were very expensive; exploring health spending account (HSA) or cash equivalent as alternative [Source: Meeting summary, 2026-05-27]
Action Items
- liam-wilkinson (UBI): Follow up with insurance provider/broker within 1–2 days re: health spending account or cash equivalent for Phil in Quebec; report back [Source: Meeting summary, 2026-05-27]
Entities Referenced
- phil-chabot — lead social media reporter
- ken-yang — present, discussed tax policy framing
- liam-wilkinson — handling Phil’s insurance issue
- ubi-works — accounts reviewed
- commonwealth — TikTok performance noted
- ai-labor-disruption-workers-movement — core content theme
- universal-basic-income — central advocacy concept