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Migpwr, you sound jealous and negative for no apparent reason. I don't see how my article could have offended you personally to warrant your string of hateful
by edgeztv 19y ago
Migpwr, you sound jealous and negative for no apparent reason. I don't see how my article could have offended you personally to warrant your string of hateful replies.
Let me repeat - I didn't go to eBay Live to start a controversy. I went to get some users to try my software, which I worked hard to build for the past 5 months. Things took an interesting turn, so why wouldn't I try to use this opportunity to get some attention for my software?
I posted the story at YC news because most startup founders would hopefully find our low-budget marketing story interesting and maybe even inspirational. If I just wanted free publicity I would have digg'd it or something instead. I don't even have a digg account.
- dalem 19y agoSo, you wore a Google shirt to eBay live, right after Google and eBay had a massive fallout. If that's the best way you have of getting attention for your software, you're in trouble. Then again, if I had just spent 5 months on my store and only had a beginners-book 30-minute Scriptaculous + scaffolding job to show for it, I might resort to wearing a Google shirt too.
- sagejoel 19y agoAgreed. The whole thing reads like one long smartass comment. Especially this line: I replied (somewhat smartly) that no, since I didn't work for Google, why would I be promoting Google Checkout, "but what if I was? Not only does the author pat his own ass by adding in commentary on his own comments ("somewhat smartly"), he had the audacity to throw in a sophomoric quip to the Ebay guy ("what if I was?") I would have tossed him out in an instant.