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I noticed that a lot of the most-viewed/discussed/whatever things uploaded to scribd were collections of humorous pictures, or widely-circulated jokes, or whate
by henning 20y ago
I noticed that a lot of the most-viewed/discussed/whatever things uploaded to scribd were collections of humorous pictures, or widely-circulated jokes, or whatever. In other words, recycled humor content that's been on the Internet for quite a while. The most common purpose for coming to scribd seems to be getting some cheap yuks.
Well, stuff like that has been around since 1996 and even before that through forwarded emails.
If you worked hard on something and then your users used it in ways that made your application isomorphic to something really boring and played out, would you be disappointed?
- felipe 20y agoNo, I wouldn't! Your users are telling you how they want to use your app. Besides, there is nothing more inspiring than having users actually using your software! See "Let a hundred flowers blossom": http://blog.guykawasaki.com/2006/02/the_art_of_rain.html http://blog.guykawasaki.com/2006/02/the_art_of_rain.html The caveat of that concept is if users are using your software on a way that is impossible to capitalize...
- brlewis 20y agoThe scribd founders don't have it so bad. Think of the inventor of television!