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Yeah, me-too products are never really interesting. I mean, does the world really need another search engine? There's already Lycos and Altavista. Calling an i

by emmett 17y ago

Yeah, me-too products are never really interesting. I mean, does the world really need another search engine? There's already Lycos and Altavista. Calling an internet startup's idea "me-too" is a pretty lame criticism. Most of the most successful startups had "me-too" ideas on paper. The proof is in the eating.

idlewords 17y ago
It's 2010 - there should be things in this list that are more awesome, even at first reading, than 'embedly' and 'embedster'.
- staunch 17y ago
  Says the guy who created a Delicious clone in 2009! http://pinboard.in/about/ http://pinboard.in/about/ (I admit it's a bit ad hominem, but putting other people's stuff down for being derivative when your thing is the epitome of that seems lame to me.)
  - deleted 17y ago
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  - mccutchen 17y ago
    Ah, but he made a clone of del.icio.us from back when it was new and minimal and still really awesome. Which is much, much better than a boring old clone of modern Delicious.
  - Eliezer 17y ago
    formally: logical fallacy of ad hominem tu quoque
- pg 17y ago
  Surely HN hasn't descended to making fun of startups' names?
  - and13 17y ago
    That reminds me of you making fun of Wufoo's name in this video (1:07): http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-6392191576577272336# http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-6392191576577272336...
    - pg 17y ago
      The difference is, I wasn't using it as the basis of a judgment about the company.
      - idlewords 17y ago
        The difference is, I wasn't even referring to the names, but rather the linked descriptions. For example: "Embedly is a single source for embeddable of content on the web." And rather than mockery it was an expression of regret, that it's 2010 and these are the best startup ideas you got. I think the names do a good job mocking themselves without any additional help. Impressive weaseling, though!
      - and13 17y ago
        Neither was your opponent. Perhaps you should debug your Robert-Morris-inspired software-based integrity emulator.
Rauchg 17y ago
Hey, there's already MySpace, WHY create Facebook?! Why do something similar on the surface, but focus on what the user really wants? Madness.
- mdg 17y ago
  Ok, I am going to create a Twitter clone

by emmett 17y ago

idlewords 17y ago

It's 2010 - there should be things in this list that are more awesome, even at first reading, than 'embedly' and 'embedster'.

staunch 17y ago
Says the guy who created a Delicious clone in 2009! http://pinboard.in/about/ http://pinboard.in/about/ (I admit it's a bit ad hominem, but putting other people's stuff down for being derivative when your thing is the epitome of that seems lame to me.)
- deleted 17y ago
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- mccutchen 17y ago
  Ah, but he made a clone of del.icio.us from back when it was new and minimal and still really awesome. Which is much, much better than a boring old clone of modern Delicious.
- Eliezer 17y ago
  formally: logical fallacy of ad hominem tu quoque
pg 17y ago
Surely HN hasn't descended to making fun of startups' names?
- and13 17y ago
  That reminds me of you making fun of Wufoo's name in this video (1:07): http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-6392191576577272336# http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-6392191576577272336...
  - pg 17y ago
    The difference is, I wasn't using it as the basis of a judgment about the company.
    - idlewords 17y ago
      The difference is, I wasn't even referring to the names, but rather the linked descriptions. For example: "Embedly is a single source for embeddable of content on the web." And rather than mockery it was an expression of regret, that it's 2010 and these are the best startup ideas you got. I think the names do a good job mocking themselves without any additional help. Impressive weaseling, though!
    - and13 17y ago
      Neither was your opponent. Perhaps you should debug your Robert-Morris-inspired software-based integrity emulator.

Rauchg 17y ago

Hey, there's already MySpace, WHY create Facebook?! Why do something similar on the surface, but focus on what the user really wants? Madness.

mdg 17y ago
Ok, I am going to create a Twitter clone