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Yev from Backblaze here - sometimes we jump-start the conversation by saying, "Hey, we're monitoring the thread if you want to chat." - but you beat me to it, I

• atYevP 9y ago
  Also it's kind of a long post, maybe folks are reading it before commenting? The title doesn't really give too much away :D
  • reitanqild 9y ago
    Confirm. Sometimes though when things are really interesting but long I'll go back, upvote and then continue reading to prevent it from dropping off the page. This is especially true if it is a story from /newest Also with a few web sites I might upvote it first and then read it :-|
    • eriknstr 9y ago
      > Also with a few web sites I might upvote it first and then read it :-| I can neither confirm nor deny that I do this too but I can say that I think it makes sense to do this, and I would go as far as to say that I think it's healthy for the HN community that stories get upvoted by people who have not yet read the story in full, as long as it doesn't happen too much -- while a story might turn out to be lacking or even factually incorrect in some way I think there is opportunity for interesting discussion to be had as long as the topic at hand is interesting.
• no1youknowz 9y ago
  Yev, months ago I contacted sales through the form, inquiring about B2 cloud storage for a multi-tenant enterprise app. Never heard back. Can you point me to a non sales@ email address, rather someone I can discuss my inquiry with? Thanks
  • atYevP 9y ago
    That's so weird! Sure, email salescontact @ backblaze and someone will get back to you!