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I honestly believe this is going to be a huge success (with the right marketing). It seems to be a snake-oil-wonder-tonic that actually isn't. It's astonishing
by MrJagil 13y ago
I honestly believe this is going to be a huge success (with the right marketing). It seems to be a snake-oil-wonder-tonic that actually isn't. It's astonishing how non-obvious it apparently is to a lot of companies that making a _good_ product is a good way to build a company.
McDonalds etcetara jumps through countless marketing hoops to assure everyone their products are healthy, instead of just making something that is actually healthy. I mean, they must know what this 24-year-old knows. There's no secret to Soylents apparent succes but good dietary research.
Maybe my pondering will be answered once Soylent starts adding lots of fat, sugar and strawberry flavours to save some nickles. McDonalds probably started out with good intentions as well.
- skizm 13y agoMcDonald's Food is tasty (borderline addictive with the amount of salt they use) and cheap as hell to make. I would bet they make more money by spending on marketing and keeping operating costs down.
- geoka9 13y ago> There's no secret to Soylents apparent succes but good dietary research. There wasn't any good dietary research. All we saw is a series of amateurish blog posts by a guy who seems to have nothing but ambitions in the way of credibility.
- MrJagil 13y agoWho cares. I mean, despite this not being software, "ship early and iterate" still applies. They've now hired 5 professionals to help them out. In any case, whenever something related to diet comes up on HN, it seems like no one really knows anything anyway. If nothing else, this project is interesting because of him putting his own body on the line, for a litmus test on current health recommendations.
- faddotio 13y agoNo dietary research, but they DO have a gullible youthful demographic that has a pathological distrust for authority and love of underdogs.