But Tech Meetup has its own peculiar etiquette, which is that there are certain questions that you simply do not ask. One, apparently, is "How will you reach a

But Tech Meetup has its own peculiar etiquette, which is that there are certain questions that you simply do not ask. One, apparently, is "How will you reach a critical mass of users?" Really? That's a perfectly legit question. I'm biased though...that is the first question I shoot out because I expect the founder to have some creative ideas about getting traction. If you are building a site that requires critical mass and you have put in no serious thought to how you'll get users you are pretty doomed. Kevin Rose depended on shilling his site on his show. Zuck had the freakin email address of everybody at school, I think. MySpace guys pushed myspace across the parent company's sites and at LA clubs.