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I like many of Marco's posts, but I find it amusing that this one made it to #1 on the front page Instagram was a great product, Magazine a good follow-up. It

by credo 13y ago

I like many of Marco's posts, but I find it amusing that this one made it to #1 on the front page Instagram was a great product, Magazine a good follow-up. It is marginally interesting that Magazine ownership is being transferred to Marco's partner, but I don't understand why that merits the #1 ranking on HN :)

par 13y ago
Instapaper, right?
- kaichanvong 13y ago
  I also keep making that same mistake.
  - lostlogin 13y ago
    As do all people who discuss it - it's funny when Marco is on a podcast and you hear people pause before saying Instapaper. An inaudible please-don't-let-me-screw-this-up.
k-mcgrady 13y ago
>> "I don't understand why that merits the #1 ranking on HN" Because enough people upvoted it to get it there. The Magazine, although not focussed on tech, I assume attracts a large tech audience (the people on HN). Marco is a well known person in the development community and I'm sure quite a few people saw the post on his blog and submitted here gaining it upvotes.
- rhizome 13y ago
  "Relevance by proximity" is the cousin of "just add internet!" stories.
Timothee 13y ago
I think it's interesting to see the evolution of a startup engineer/now entrepreneur. Instapaper was a little product made by this one guy at home that grew big and I think for that reason, Marco Arment's story appealed to a lot of people here that are hoping to build their own bootstrapped product. And now he's at a later stage where he used the Instapaper success as a stepping stone for more projects, like The Magazine.
kaffeinecoma 13y ago
An entrepreneurial success story doesn't belong on HN?
- ry0ohki 13y ago
  My only problem with vague "X sold Y" stories that have no dollar amounts is often it's not a success story. I've seen TechCrunch report on sales of companies where literally no money was exchanged and there was no upside for the acquirer (basically just one dude decided to give up his failing startup to join another one, and they framed it as an acquisition). I'm not saying this is the case here, but without any numbers we can't say it was a success for sure.
booruguru 13y ago
The Magazine is a digital publication. Are you saying we shouldn't be allowed to talk about digital publishing because it's not tech enough? Seriously?

by credo 13y ago

par 13y ago

Instapaper, right?

kaichanvong 13y ago
I also keep making that same mistake.
- lostlogin 13y ago
  As do all people who discuss it - it's funny when Marco is on a podcast and you hear people pause before saying Instapaper. An inaudible please-don't-let-me-screw-this-up.

k-mcgrady 13y ago

>> "I don't understand why that merits the #1 ranking on HN" Because enough people upvoted it to get it there. The Magazine, although not focussed on tech, I assume attracts a large tech audience (the people on HN). Marco is a well known person in the development community and I'm sure quite a few people saw the post on his blog and submitted here gaining it upvotes.

rhizome 13y ago
"Relevance by proximity" is the cousin of "just add internet!" stories.

Timothee 13y ago

I think it's interesting to see the evolution of a startup engineer/now entrepreneur. Instapaper was a little product made by this one guy at home that grew big and I think for that reason, Marco Arment's story appealed to a lot of people here that are hoping to build their own bootstrapped product. And now he's at a later stage where he used the Instapaper success as a stepping stone for more projects, like The Magazine.

kaffeinecoma 13y ago

An entrepreneurial success story doesn't belong on HN?

ry0ohki 13y ago
My only problem with vague "X sold Y" stories that have no dollar amounts is often it's not a success story. I've seen TechCrunch report on sales of companies where literally no money was exchanged and there was no upside for the acquirer (basically just one dude decided to give up his failing startup to join another one, and they framed it as an acquisition). I'm not saying this is the case here, but without any numbers we can't say it was a success for sure.

booruguru 13y ago

The Magazine is a digital publication. Are you saying we shouldn't be allowed to talk about digital publishing because it's not tech enough? Seriously?