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Isn't there a difference between startup and random web-based tool?

by bmaier 19y ago

donal 19y ago
I think it depends on whether some "bubble" has popped or not.
mechanical_fish 19y ago
One Google ad. In all seriousness, even those of us who are veteran native speakers of English (which our Shanghai-based contributor may not be) sometimes have trouble with the distinction between a "startup company" and "a fun new website". Entire issues of Fast Company and Wired have been known to miss this distinction. This is a charmingly simple idea and the tool is correspondingly charming and simple. And, for the moment, blissfully free from ads. Well done.
- btw0 19y ago
  Thank you for your praise. :)
whacked_new 19y ago
I actually think it would make a viable business if there was some integrated astrology/fortune telling aside of the dream. Horoscopes are huge businesses in Asia. (Of course, you'd have to know how to produce horoscopes)
- ghiotion 19y ago
  >Of course, you'd have to know how to produce horoscopes It's easy. Pull a bunch of random, vague shit out of your ass. I bet someone could write a wicked horoscope generator, kinda like the postmodern essay generators: http://www.elsewhere.org/pomo/ http://www.elsewhere.org/pomo/
  - btw0 19y ago
    Thank you for your interesting idea.
wehriam 19y ago
Let's leave the hating to Techcrunch's commenters.
- tx 19y ago
  It's not "hating", it's called productive criticism. When I ask for a feedback on our product the thing I fear the most is a bunch of OMGs. I've seen that before: people say nice things because they want to appear nice, gain karma points, get rid of you with your questions, whatever. What I value the most is some critical thinking, harsh even, because nothing is "great!", everything we do typically sucks until a few iterations.
  - wehriam 19y ago
    "Isn't there a difference between startup and random web-based tool?" smacks of sarcasm to me. Of course I value constructive criticism, even complete dismissals of an weak idea. I'm just turned off by the schadenfreude seen on web-industry sites.

Isn't there a difference between startup and random web-based tool?

by bmaier 19y ago

Isn't there a difference between startup and random web-based tool?

donal 19y ago

I think it depends on whether some "bubble" has popped or not.

mechanical_fish 19y ago

One Google ad. In all seriousness, even those of us who are veteran native speakers of English (which our Shanghai-based contributor may not be) sometimes have trouble with the distinction between a "startup company" and "a fun new website". Entire issues of Fast Company and Wired have been known to miss this distinction. This is a charmingly simple idea and the tool is correspondingly charming and simple. And, for the moment, blissfully free from ads. Well done.

btw0 19y ago
Thank you for your praise. :)

whacked_new 19y ago

I actually think it would make a viable business if there was some integrated astrology/fortune telling aside of the dream. Horoscopes are huge businesses in Asia. (Of course, you'd have to know how to produce horoscopes)

ghiotion 19y ago
>Of course, you'd have to know how to produce horoscopes It's easy. Pull a bunch of random, vague shit out of your ass. I bet someone could write a wicked horoscope generator, kinda like the postmodern essay generators: http://www.elsewhere.org/pomo/ http://www.elsewhere.org/pomo/
- btw0 19y ago
  Thank you for your interesting idea.

wehriam 19y ago

Let's leave the hating to Techcrunch's commenters.

tx 19y ago
It's not "hating", it's called productive criticism. When I ask for a feedback on our product the thing I fear the most is a bunch of OMGs. I've seen that before: people say nice things because they want to appear nice, gain karma points, get rid of you with your questions, whatever. What I value the most is some critical thinking, harsh even, because nothing is "great!", everything we do typically sucks until a few iterations.
- wehriam 19y ago
  "Isn't there a difference between startup and random web-based tool?" smacks of sarcasm to me. Of course I value constructive criticism, even complete dismissals of an weak idea. I'm just turned off by the schadenfreude seen on web-industry sites.