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I find it interesting that a couple of people expressing distaste for tdavis' statements and expressing the thought that they personally would not spend money o
by olefoo 18y ago
I find it interesting that a couple of people expressing distaste for tdavis' statements and expressing the thought that they personally would not spend money on ticketstumbler because of his demonstrated lack of judgment gets turned into a witch hunt and call for boycott.
As a side note, I have to wonder about companies that I've only ever heard of through reading HN. It makes me think that the founders are spending too much time in their comfort zone telling their buddies how great they are. In order to become truly great you have to go out into the wider world where people will make snap judgments about you and your company based on what you do and say.
- fallentimes 18y agoFair enough, but we've been launched less than 4 months. Ticketnews, Boston Herald, ReadWriteWeb, BoyGeniusReport, Techcrunch and MassHighTech have all written about us. Hacker News isn't exactly our target audience, but they/you are our friends & peers.
- unalone 18y agoThere are an incredible number of sites. Chances are, there are enormous ones you've never heard of because they deal with things you're not interested in. I've never heard Justin.tv mentioned anywhere beyond here and Reddit (I don't read tech blogs, as a disclaimer): until a month ago, I thought that Justin.tv was still just the one guy. HN is great because it has such a concentration of people who know what they're talking about. It means that you can advertise just here, and rely on word-of-mouth to spread the biggest ideas.