At startup school, Adam D'Angelo (Quora founder) said they spent days at the beginning asking and answering questions on Quora. Sometimes you have to jumpstart

At startup school, Adam D'Angelo (Quora founder) said they spent days at the beginning asking and answering questions on Quora. Sometimes you have to jumpstart the community with efforts that don't scale. It might be interesting to hear how HN started gaining traction. I know the old YC application asked about your Slashdot profile, so I imagine a group of people there felt there was a need for new community.