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in alignment with the meta-discussion sparked by jacquesm, and after reading the actual submission, boy it sure does seem like we've been gamed. Is a shortened

by apsurd 17y ago

in alignment with the meta-discussion sparked by jacquesm, and after reading the actual submission, boy it sure does seem like we've been gamed. Is a shortened regurgitation of a steve blank book sleeve really worth being on the front page? If so, why not just a link to his blog or the book on amazon? http://steveblank.com/ http://steveblank.com/ http://amzn.com/0976470705 http://amzn.com/0976470705 I know why you wrote the post; to market your website, but HN front page-worthy? I should hope not.

zackattack 17y ago
Did you read my entire post? Is it really nothing more than a "shortened regurgitation of a steve blank book sleeve"? Do you at least see what I was trying to do?
- apsurd 17y ago
  After reading it again, yes it is regurgitation. My intent is not to scrutinize and demean your efforts. I think we both know why you wrote the post, to market your app. I have no issue with that, so long as you are honest with yourself. I understand people repackage content all the time, it's business as usual. But this is HN, you are asking for a discussion on the merits of what _you_ have to say. And in that respect, you've said nothing. #1, Market Assessment, is the hard problem. That's quite hard to believe. Especially when your solution to this problem is essentially 3 links. A survey, a splash page, and your twitter app. (2 of which are free). So how is implementing these 3 things harder than: 2. Product Building 3. Get product into hands of early customers For the technical minded, building a product may not be on their "it's really hard" list but most likely just because they love to do it (myself included). I think #3 is probably the hardest for most of us here on HN. Do you mean to tell me its easy to get lots of early adopters to actually give a damn about your product to fill out your survey in the first place? Please write a post on how to get 50 dedicated users to fill out my survey and I'll be the first one to upvote that story - I promise. Oh and if it works, I'll sign up for your app too - dead serious.

by apsurd 17y ago

zackattack 17y ago

Did you read my entire post? Is it really nothing more than a "shortened regurgitation of a steve blank book sleeve"? Do you at least see what I was trying to do?

apsurd 17y ago
After reading it again, yes it is regurgitation. My intent is not to scrutinize and demean your efforts. I think we both know why you wrote the post, to market your app. I have no issue with that, so long as you are honest with yourself. I understand people repackage content all the time, it's business as usual. But this is HN, you are asking for a discussion on the merits of what _you_ have to say. And in that respect, you've said nothing. #1, Market Assessment, is the hard problem. That's quite hard to believe. Especially when your solution to this problem is essentially 3 links. A survey, a splash page, and your twitter app. (2 of which are free). So how is implementing these 3 things harder than: 2. Product Building 3. Get product into hands of early customers For the technical minded, building a product may not be on their "it's really hard" list but most likely just because they love to do it (myself included). I think #3 is probably the hardest for most of us here on HN. Do you mean to tell me its easy to get lots of early adopters to actually give a damn about your product to fill out your survey in the first place? Please write a post on how to get 50 dedicated users to fill out my survey and I'll be the first one to upvote that story - I promise. Oh and if it works, I'll sign up for your app too - dead serious.