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Ask HN: Does Hacker News really understand Fred Wilson?
Despite 33.8% of HN following @fredwilson http://searchyc.com/fred+wilson shows up only 302 results, in contrast with searching for "invest" - 24919 and "venture capital" - 1164, "angel" - 3856 or "37 Signals" - 2763.
Does hackers really get their most followed VC? If not, why?
Links
http://jmillerinc.com/2010/07/28/twitter-users-most-followed-by-readers-of-hacker-news/
http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1555866
- jacquesm 16y agoI don't see how 'followers' on twitter translate in to any level of understanding. It's more like a fanclub than a measure of insight. Also, that's the 33% or so of HN that uses twitter, and/or was put on this list, not of HN as a whole.
- csbartus 16y agoThe point is many of HN readers are following a top VC without discussing frequently his ideas. Something very interesting for a community to follow but to not discuss ... weird. My guess is that the distance between a hacker and a vc/angel is far bigger than imagined before despite the efforts YC is putting in with HN to educate us.
- csbartus 16y agoAs the most appreciated VC not just by me incidentally but by the HN I still don't get his points investing in companies. And my question would be in fact: Does anyone knows what drives VC investments in companies / products like Facebook, Tumblr or Foursquare? Yes, the profit, BUT who will generate that profit? We, free users of these services? How?