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Friendster, Hyves, Tumblr all struggled with their feed technology. Twitter and Facebook also struggled but at least managed to fix it. My first startup, Fashio

Friendster, Hyves, Tumblr all struggled with their feed technology. Twitter and Facebook also struggled but at least managed to fix it. My first startup, Fashiolista, also struggled with the feed technology as we grew to millions of users. On the flip side, it was that experience that prompted me to start Stream. We power feeds for over 500 million end users these days (https://getstream.io/ https://getstream.io/). Kinda cool how nowadays you can buy a scalable version of pretty much all tech off the shelve. Algolia for Search, Stripe for payments, Twilio for voice, emails etc.

ben_jones 7y ago
This comment is beautiful content marketing. 1) Start with a comment relevant to the actual topic 2) Identify a problem that resonates with the key demographic 3) Betray a personal failing 4) Convert the failing into a point of strength 5) Expand on your newfound strength 6) Compare yourself with larger more well-known and successful companies 7) Include a link to your product
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- throwing838383 7y ago
  I don't get why it's been downvoted so much. I'd expect a much warmer reception from the HN crowd.
  - marcosdumay 7y ago
    Well, do you think it adds to the discussion? I do think it's almost, but not completely off-topic.
    - ben_jones 7y ago
      It introduces the feed feature as an integral part of a social network's success/failure, stemming from real domain experience. If GP included maybe one more sentence on how/why the feeds mentioned failed I think it would've been much better received. Sorry GP you didn't deserve it.
- tschellenbach 7y ago
  thanks :)
newman8r 7y ago
Since you seem plugged in - what do you think the next big advance in social media is going to be? Anyone with an interesting new concept that might get big?
- z3t4 7y ago
  Government run or "official" network/app that you need to join whether you like it or not in order to send payments, order stuff, get into school etc.

ben_jones 7y ago

This comment is beautiful content marketing. 1) Start with a comment relevant to the actual topic 2) Identify a problem that resonates with the key demographic 3) Betray a personal failing 4) Convert the failing into a point of strength 5) Expand on your newfound strength 6) Compare yourself with larger more well-known and successful companies 7) Include a link to your product

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throwing838383 7y ago
I don't get why it's been downvoted so much. I'd expect a much warmer reception from the HN crowd.
- marcosdumay 7y ago
  Well, do you think it adds to the discussion? I do think it's almost, but not completely off-topic.
  - ben_jones 7y ago
    It introduces the feed feature as an integral part of a social network's success/failure, stemming from real domain experience. If GP included maybe one more sentence on how/why the feeds mentioned failed I think it would've been much better received. Sorry GP you didn't deserve it.
tschellenbach 7y ago
thanks :)

newman8r 7y ago

Since you seem plugged in - what do you think the next big advance in social media is going to be? Anyone with an interesting new concept that might get big?

z3t4 7y ago
Government run or "official" network/app that you need to join whether you like it or not in order to send payments, order stuff, get into school etc.