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I’m not sure about this startup but I am sure you shouldn’t pay attention to Twitter eat-the-rich mobs.

• Shalomboy 5y ago
  I mean, when your startup is at soft-launch stage and the exact market your startup is targeting is turning its nose up loudly, maybe it's not a bad idea to listen to them.
  • encoderer 5y ago
    Definitely a bad idea. The loud-and-outraged Twitter personality is likely not their target market. Going back into stealth and working heads down is the right play while they test out their idea more.
    • johnsimer 5y ago
      Totally agree. I don’t think they actually invalidated product market fit. The way to do that is by pitching to companies/managers/teams in person and seeing if 0% or some other unacceptable percentage of them actually sign up
• skinnymuch 5y ago
  I don’t pay attention to Twitter. Correct me if I am wrong. Twitter is an exaggerated state of reality with a lot of reactionary takes and complaining or pointing out of issues. However what do you propose against “eat-the-rich”? More worship of the rich? Where is that at not happening? It certainly happens on Twitter as well as virtually everywhere. The amount of media and casual discussion that occurs because a wealthy person said something is absurdly high. An heir to old fortune said something about our homeless issues? A dozen sites with an article about the person along with Twitter and Reddit threads as well will crop up asap. Meanwhile someone who just climbed out of being homeless and is and will innocuously remain at the median income said the same stuff a month ago…no one cares.