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Would you be disappointed if I shut down my blog?

14 points by bradfordcross 17y ago

throwaway992 17y ago
http://twitter.com/bradfordcross/status/8241335638 http://twitter.com/bradfordcross/status/8241335638 Kind of lame to ask people to come and upvote.
- ghotli 17y ago
  I thought the same when I saw the tweet, but the flip side of it is that I really do like just about every one of Bradford's posts. If more HN traffic means he'll keep writing quality posts then so be it. I upvote on the quality of the article, not on his suggestion.
- sant0sk1 17y ago
  It appears the tweet has since been deleted.
Tichy 17y ago
The 40% number seems to be pulled out of thin air.
joshfinnie 17y ago
I am also not sure why you would want people to comment on their feelings about your blog if they are not regular visitors. I would think that putting this poll on your website would be enough. Getting a lot of outside influence through Hacker News might skew your data and you won't actually get an accurate representation of the people that frequent your blog.
justin_vanw 17y ago
Wouldn't disappoint me if you shut it down, since I've never heard of it. You asked! I guess more speech leads to better speech, and at a cursory glance your blog looks sincere. It really wouldn't disappoint me if you also didn't also waste our time trying to drive traffic through sympathy. Sympvertising! I know people act pretty pathetic and that gets lots of attention on here, but I think it's mainly because they are actually in need of some pathos and feedback.
shareme 17y ago
who is he and why should w care?
- ryanwaggoner 17y ago
  Did you even read the link? I don't think he's asking because he's trying to decide whether to shut down the blog; he's using it to a illustrate a point about how startups can find product/market fit.
ErrantX 17y ago
Scroll down. The top section asking you to do the survey is probably somewhat incidental for first time readers - the "how to interpret" content below the survey is useful though.
ryanwaggoner 17y ago
I wonder if a lot of the people commenting didn't bother to read the post. From what I can tell, he's just using this question as an illustration of a point about product/market fit and how to find it. I really don't think he's pondering shutting down his blog or looking for sympathy or anything. He actually has something useful to say.
- bradfordcross 17y ago
  Right. Sorry to those who I confused with the title/poll/survey. It is just a way of showing the big idea behind the neat work Sean Ellis is doing.

14 points by bradfordcross 17y ago

http://twitter.com/bradfordcross/status/8241335638 http://twitter.com/bradfordcross/status/8241335638 Kind of lame to ask people to come and upvote.

ghotli 17y ago
I thought the same when I saw the tweet, but the flip side of it is that I really do like just about every one of Bradford's posts. If more HN traffic means he'll keep writing quality posts then so be it. I upvote on the quality of the article, not on his suggestion.
sant0sk1 17y ago
It appears the tweet has since been deleted.

Tichy 17y ago

The 40% number seems to be pulled out of thin air.

joshfinnie 17y ago

I am also not sure why you would want people to comment on their feelings about your blog if they are not regular visitors. I would think that putting this poll on your website would be enough. Getting a lot of outside influence through Hacker News might skew your data and you won't actually get an accurate representation of the people that frequent your blog.

justin_vanw 17y ago

Wouldn't disappoint me if you shut it down, since I've never heard of it. You asked! I guess more speech leads to better speech, and at a cursory glance your blog looks sincere. It really wouldn't disappoint me if you also didn't also waste our time trying to drive traffic through sympathy. Sympvertising! I know people act pretty pathetic and that gets lots of attention on here, but I think it's mainly because they are actually in need of some pathos and feedback.

shareme 17y ago

who is he and why should w care?

ryanwaggoner 17y ago
Did you even read the link? I don't think he's asking because he's trying to decide whether to shut down the blog; he's using it to a illustrate a point about how startups can find product/market fit.

ErrantX 17y ago

Scroll down. The top section asking you to do the survey is probably somewhat incidental for first time readers - the "how to interpret" content below the survey is useful though.

ryanwaggoner 17y ago

I wonder if a lot of the people commenting didn't bother to read the post. From what I can tell, he's just using this question as an illustration of a point about product/market fit and how to find it. I really don't think he's pondering shutting down his blog or looking for sympathy or anything. He actually has something useful to say.

bradfordcross 17y ago
Right. Sorry to those who I confused with the title/poll/survey. It is just a way of showing the big idea behind the neat work Sean Ellis is doing.