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I feel like what he did at the end was the right thing to do (talk to Indian people, figure out a way to monetize it), but the initial antics are childish and d

I feel like what he did at the end was the right thing to do (talk to Indian people, figure out a way to monetize it), but the initial antics are childish and distasteful. Those are real people man, not toys... don't play with them.

netsharc 9y ago
Hear hear. Also that click-baity title. I guess I'm old because reading it I thought what a little brat. Or is the term brogrammer?
- diamondo25 9y ago
  "Brogrammer" is a slang term for a stereotypically masculine programmer. The word is a portmanteau of bro and programmer. I'd say he's more of a scriptkiddy/skid, as i feel he is not capable to handle the opportunity. Heck, he could even become that programmer from Black Mirror S04E01! Toying around with your customers, blegh. People were desperate, couldnt he see?
theon144 9y ago
>Then I got curious. Would these users tweet anything that I asked them? [...] And it worked! >That was super hilarious. I was literally rolling on the floor laughing. TAIWAN NUMBER ONE! COMPETITORS NUMBER NINE! Hahaha, people in dire financial situations who have to use my service are doing what I tell them to! Ain't that just hilarious? Distasteful, really.
- 4ceofspades 9y ago
  HN always thinks lowly of freeloaders, why do these guys get a free pass? Just look at the Facebook messages, they really thought they were entitled to the free service and were unwilling to pay even $0.10
  - abhirag 9y ago
    HN is not a hive-mind, stop trying to make it one and get off your high horse. The Facebook messages didn't seem like they were from people who thought they were entitled to anything, I saw two people trying to ask him politely, with sir and please, and others trying hard to spell weird app names. People were using the trial feature browserling provided on its main page and not breaking any terms and conditions while doing so, so not freeloaders. Browserling is entitled to blocking these users or limiting the trial feature and the Facebook messages were from the time when they were not trying to monetize by asking for $0.10 I know sweeping generalizations about a group of people most certainly less fortunate than you are easy and you definitely are entitled to your opinion but don't try and label it as something "HN thinks".
  - StavrosK 9y ago
    Because it doesn't look like they were freeloaders, they tried to use a service, did what the author asked, and didn't pay 10 cents because they couldn't pay it, as Stripe doesn't work for many people in India, as the blog post says. The author's response is no way to treat people, users or not.
  - XnoiVeX 9y ago
    Aren't we all freeloading HN btw :-)
    - 2020-3030 9y ago
      Writing posts seems more like freeworking to me so the value of reading what others write gets balanced by the opportunity costs of contributing.

netsharc 9y ago

Hear hear. Also that click-baity title. I guess I'm old because reading it I thought what a little brat. Or is the term brogrammer?

diamondo25 9y ago
"Brogrammer" is a slang term for a stereotypically masculine programmer. The word is a portmanteau of bro and programmer. I'd say he's more of a scriptkiddy/skid, as i feel he is not capable to handle the opportunity. Heck, he could even become that programmer from Black Mirror S04E01! Toying around with your customers, blegh. People were desperate, couldnt he see?

theon144 9y ago

>Then I got curious. Would these users tweet anything that I asked them? [...] And it worked! >That was super hilarious. I was literally rolling on the floor laughing. TAIWAN NUMBER ONE! COMPETITORS NUMBER NINE! Hahaha, people in dire financial situations who have to use my service are doing what I tell them to! Ain't that just hilarious? Distasteful, really.

4ceofspades 9y ago
HN always thinks lowly of freeloaders, why do these guys get a free pass? Just look at the Facebook messages, they really thought they were entitled to the free service and were unwilling to pay even $0.10
- abhirag 9y ago
  HN is not a hive-mind, stop trying to make it one and get off your high horse. The Facebook messages didn't seem like they were from people who thought they were entitled to anything, I saw two people trying to ask him politely, with sir and please, and others trying hard to spell weird app names. People were using the trial feature browserling provided on its main page and not breaking any terms and conditions while doing so, so not freeloaders. Browserling is entitled to blocking these users or limiting the trial feature and the Facebook messages were from the time when they were not trying to monetize by asking for $0.10 I know sweeping generalizations about a group of people most certainly less fortunate than you are easy and you definitely are entitled to your opinion but don't try and label it as something "HN thinks".
- StavrosK 9y ago
  Because it doesn't look like they were freeloaders, they tried to use a service, did what the author asked, and didn't pay 10 cents because they couldn't pay it, as Stripe doesn't work for many people in India, as the blog post says. The author's response is no way to treat people, users or not.
- XnoiVeX 9y ago
  Aren't we all freeloading HN btw :-)
  - 2020-3030 9y ago
    Writing posts seems more like freeworking to me so the value of reading what others write gets balanced by the opportunity costs of contributing.