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How did github get early users?
by lawnchair_larry 16y ago
How did github get early users?
- mojombo 16y agoWe invited everyone we knew in the Ruby community. We all attended local Ruby meetups and talked to anyone that would listen. We used it for our own open source projects and invited would-be contributors to join the fun. We used an invite-only model during the private beta to create artificial scarcity and encourage people to invite their friends.
- brandnewlow 16y agoAm sending this to every person I know building a community-driven site. You've perhaps unwittingly boiled the general solution down to its base components.