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Part of the issue was how they handled the "application" to be one of the first users. It was quite pretentious. They wanted you to express yourself in some nov
by jb1991 6y ago
Part of the issue was how they handled the "application" to be one of the first users. It was quite pretentious. They wanted you to express yourself in some novel, poetic way to convince them you are worthy of testing their golden new service. It was silly. In the end, it was also meaningless, everyone got invites anyway. But, the arrogance lingers.
- 1123581321 6y agoYes, I linked to that page. “ To get on the list, email iwant@hey.com and tell us how you feel about email. Could be a love story, or a hate story — or both. Could be long, could be short. It’s your story, so it’s up to you.” I wouldn’t call that novel or poetic but I understand resenting it.
- hellofunk 6y agoRegardless, it’s quite pretentious to expect people to put forth creative and expressive energy for something they’re possibly going to end up paying you money for anyway.
- 1123581321 6y agoIt’s an interesting question. I’m willing to spend time and energy on top of money for a lot of things. For software, it feels more extra than, say, going to the grocery store, but I don’t know if that actually makes it wrong for a software company to require the effort. And that’s complicated by the value some derive from small exercises like that.