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How do we know you're the real Techcrunch? Well, it's too late anyway. The cat is out of the bag. Besides, if no one had talked about it, I never would have fo

by Raphael 19y ago

How do we know you're the real Techcrunch? Well, it's too late anyway. The cat is out of the bag. Besides, if no one had talked about it, I never would have found it, so you have my blessing.

pg 19y ago
It's the real TechCrunch. I don't mind. Traffic had been growing pretty constantly at about 5x per year anway, so we'd have had to deal with this problem eventually.
- collin 19y ago
  Funny double-take: I thought you were describing hackernews as the "real" TechCrunch.
- samwise 19y ago
  I find it odd that you even consider it's a problem. It's odd to hear a founder consider a site growing a problem. The metrics to handle the "problem" should have been addressed during the conception stage of the site. I would be surprised if simple administration could fix the trend.
  - pageman 19y ago
    exactly. of course Hacker News will break news EARLIER than TechCrunch so it would be better for "techcrunch" for this site to go underground - then "techcrunch" can break the news :P
  - chengmi 19y ago
    I think of social websites as country clubs. The club is fun and good when you know everyone's name and you're able to form deeper relationships with people. Country clubs are not fun when it's filled with tourists who aren't interested in contributing to the club.
  - Xichekolas 19y ago
    The difference is that HN was not designed with maximum growth (and hence ads or being acquired) in mind. It seems mostly geared towards bringing people to YC, and motivating hackers to try startups. A big community isn't necessarily worse at this, but neither is it necessarily better.
collin 19y ago
good question on trust I think it behooves hacker news to stay as ujderground as possible. You know, there was a time when Digg was a good source for programming news and discussion. Digg. Reddit too. This site is now where I huddle to get that programmers social news fix. It's important for those of us interested in making the social web to have our own little unadulterated social webs. This site also needs to stay lean so hackers will be drawn to it. ycombinator watches this thing to see what potential founders say. I think this should be a place for those thinking of, or filling out an application. At least, that's what I hope to find in reading it.

by Raphael 19y ago

How do we know you're the real Techcrunch? Well, it's too late anyway. The cat is out of the bag. Besides, if no one had talked about it, I never would have found it, so you have my blessing.

pg 19y ago

It's the real TechCrunch. I don't mind. Traffic had been growing pretty constantly at about 5x per year anway, so we'd have had to deal with this problem eventually.

collin 19y ago
Funny double-take: I thought you were describing hackernews as the "real" TechCrunch.
samwise 19y ago
I find it odd that you even consider it's a problem. It's odd to hear a founder consider a site growing a problem. The metrics to handle the "problem" should have been addressed during the conception stage of the site. I would be surprised if simple administration could fix the trend.
- pageman 19y ago
  exactly. of course Hacker News will break news EARLIER than TechCrunch so it would be better for "techcrunch" for this site to go underground - then "techcrunch" can break the news :P
- chengmi 19y ago
  I think of social websites as country clubs. The club is fun and good when you know everyone's name and you're able to form deeper relationships with people. Country clubs are not fun when it's filled with tourists who aren't interested in contributing to the club.
- Xichekolas 19y ago
  The difference is that HN was not designed with maximum growth (and hence ads or being acquired) in mind. It seems mostly geared towards bringing people to YC, and motivating hackers to try startups. A big community isn't necessarily worse at this, but neither is it necessarily better.

collin 19y ago

good question on trust I think it behooves hacker news to stay as ujderground as possible. You know, there was a time when Digg was a good source for programming news and discussion. Digg. Reddit too. This site is now where I huddle to get that programmers social news fix. It's important for those of us interested in making the social web to have our own little unadulterated social webs. This site also needs to stay lean so hackers will be drawn to it. ycombinator watches this thing to see what potential founders say. I think this should be a place for those thinking of, or filling out an application. At least, that's what I hope to find in reading it.