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This will test my theory that the success of a product launch is directly tied to how many HN users hate it.
by steveplace 14y ago
This will test my theory that the success of a product launch is directly tied to how many HN users hate it.
- harlanlewis 14y agoFacetious and I'm sure you'll get all sorts of downvotes, but the biases of commentary groups is worth knowing.
- m0nastic 14y agoI'd actually been testing that theory for many months, and was all set to declare it victory when Groupon happened. I was sure that the level of negativity on the company leading up to the IPO would pretty much assure it's success. But I think folks have been proven to be mostly right about that (if not a little hyperbolically fatalistic).
- Steko 14y agoThe "Groupon is a giant Ponzi scheme" conventional wisdom slingers of HN haven't been proven right about anything.